First published: 27/08/09.

Anonymous

Tugendhat Villa

Tugendhat Villa (Inscribed)

Tugendhat Villa by Els Slots

I just returned from a summer holiday to Czech, Slovakia and Poland. Initially Tugenhat was not on my itinerary because they have been scheduled to close for renovations for some time. However last week when I was in Brno, I found out that they are still open. Apparently due to economics, the site city continues to postpone the renovations. The latest date is the end of next month but you never know. Anyhow, I took the opportunity to visit the site on Saturday morning and it was located on a tree lined street of suburban homes. The only reason you will notice the villa is that there is a sign on the street. the villa is totally not noticeable from the street.

The description of this site is already well documented by all the previous comments. my only adds are: biggest surprise--the wall of the living room and dining room is all glass from ceiling to floor for the entire wall of over 30m with no moldings. Sections of this wall (5m wide X 3M high) can be lowered electrically to waist height which opens up the room to the outside. Quite an achievement in the 1920s. Biggest disappointment-- the villa is in a very poor condition. The walls are cracked, paint peeling, wood rotting etc

I was told it would take 3-5 years to restore.

I am glad I made it before they closed but its not quite the Taj Mahal.

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