Vila Bianca

Villa Bianca was built on older foundations in 1910-11 according to the project of Jan Kotěra in the style of classicizing modernism on the order of Otto Bondy, who has owned the building since 1890. After the First World War, an extension and a complete historic adaptation by architect Max Spielmann followed. The loggia on the south side was framed by pylons with allegorical statues of Night and Day by Kotěr's friend the sculptor Jan Štursa. In 1924 they bought the house of JUDr. Karel and Pavel Loevenstein and had it rebuilt in the Neo-Baroque style. In 1962, the ownership of the villa passed to the Czechoslovak state. Furthermore, an adaptation took place for the purposes of the Chinese Embassy. Recently, it was radically rebuilt into a tenement house designed by Dutch architect Erik van Egeraat. Villa Bianca was built (on older foundations) in 1910-11 according to the project of famous Czech architect Jan Kotěra in the style of classicizing modernism on the order of Otto Bondy, who owned the building since 1890. After the First World War, an extension and a complete historic adaptation by architect Max Spielmann followed. The loggia on the south side was framed by pylons with allegorical statues of Night and Day by Kotěr's friend the sculptor Jan Štursa. In 1924 JUDr. Karel and Pavla Loevenstein bought the house and had it rebuilt in the Neo-Baroque style. In 1962, the ownership of the villa passed to the Czechoslovak state, followed by an adaptation for the purposes of the Chinese embassy. Recently, it was radically rebuilt into a tenement house designed by Dutch architect Erik van Egeraat.