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Prague's architecture is a mix between the splendor of medieval, Renaissance and Art Nouveau. each brings an element of architecture that is universal - the most elegant and well shown by the facade and fittings that are not at eye level or even street level, but being on the top floor and roof. Hundreds of buildings that are decorated with intricate carvings or decorative cornice balcony and lines depicting the figures of myth, religion, or heroic.Dust pollution Prague has been gradually stripped away, and every building is restored before revealing the details obscured. Interestingly, though, is how visitors react to such filth. When people visit Paris or Venice and looked dirty, collapsing buildings, they thought they were strange. When they see the same old, dirty, collapsing buildings in Prague, however, they point to the failure of communism - not entirely fair. If you see pictures taken in 1900 in Prague, you'll also see a dirty, collapsing buildings.
The earliest form of this city there is still a romantic, dating from 1100 to 1250. Long Gothic period from 1250 to 1530 followed. You will find many gothic buildings Stare Mesto. Plus superstructure of the most visible Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral, the Gothic works - namely, older overlooking the eastern half (the western part of the cathedral examples of Renaissance and neo-Gothic style). From 1500 until the early 1600s, winning the Italian Renaissance style.
Many of the most famous structures are baroque and obsolete, sharply tailored to the high style is inspired by the Austrian Habsburgs from the 17th century and 18th.
Some of the most flamboyant buildings are Art Nouveau, popular from 1900 to 1918. Movement sweeping across Europe developed with the Industrial Revolution. Innovative building materials - especially steel and glass - opened endless possibilities for artistic embellishments. Architects abandoned traditional stone structure, built in the style of pseudo-history. Art Nouveau is characterized by rich, plump ornament that seems sadly lost in the push functionalism later in the 20th century.
Some interesting designs from the era of Cubism has also been calling for their ingenuity. As an architectural style, cubism growing rapidly in Bohemia, and you can find many examples in the environment under Vyšehrad Park.
Late 20th century played havoc with the architecture of Prague. Communist partial to functionalism with almost no character. They spill all the details of building decorative. You do not have to leave Prague before taking the metro to Prosek to see thousands of the communist era flats, called "rabbit hut" even by the residents. Made partly from socialist dogma, and partly from economic necessity, prefabricated apartment buildings (paneláky) are named after the concrete used to build them. Cheap and unimaginatively designed, surrounded by apartment buildings that shaped the world. The exterior is made of plain, unadorned cement, and the room lined with linoleum. Same space, balconies, and window designs stamped repeatedly.
But living panelák not always viewed as a scourge. Unlike the larger modern pipes, old apartment, and heating and paneláks has been regarded as a politically correct way to live.
Two major post-Communist project has sparked a new debate between progressives and traditionalists. Myslbek shopping / office complex in Na Príkope near Wenceslas Square is the first attempt at blending the new business district with the old one with a functional yet elegant way. And what is called the Dancing Building a dike in the conservative nábrezí Rasínovo has tongues wagging. Its design orphanage from 19th century classical Empire lining the river, but the most bizarre manner. Controversial U.S. architect Frank Gehry, who designed the Guggenheim in Bilbao, and New Wave Vlado Milunic designers have created a building that ironically pays tribute to the most classic movie couples dance: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Prague was built as a Dutch insurance company offices, this building depicts two entwined in a spin on the Vltava.
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