Built by the Croatian, who was born in in the Czech Republic, Vlado Milunic in cooperation with the Canadian Frank Gehry between 1992 and 1995 The ''Dancing House'' so named for its sinuous undulation, is headquarters of the Dutch national office and has become a symbol of the Prague.
This work in its structure seemes very inclined to dance along the Moldava. The building was made of steel, glass and precast concrete with a coating of plaster, for a total expenditure of 9,000,000 dollars. Within a square surrounded by a buildings of 700-800 century, the Dancing House, is divided in two buildings. The first is a tower of glass that narrows at half height and is supported by pillars bend, the second extends parallel to the river characterized by shaped into profiles that follow a swaying motion and the windows distributed in a nonaligned.
This solution is guided by a consideration of aesthetic: the windows were lined up revealed that the building has two floors in addiction, they have the the same heights as the adjacent nineteenth century. They must give the effect three-dimentions, hence the idea of hanging frames as of paintings. Gehry has crowned the building with sculptural decoration consist of strips of woven wire mesh. In this alternative of empty and filled the building seems to vibrate really as if it were designed just thinkind of the dancer.
Indeed for its originally, the glass tower suggests the image of a dancer that surrounds the lady with one arm, hence the other name of the building , ''Fred and Ginger''.Gehry designed the building so that would allow the view of the Moldava also by the buildings behind them.
Placed the ground floor shops . Spaces from the secondand seventh floor are occupied ,however, office and the last level houses a restaurant with panoramic views over the city and the nearby castle. The Dancing House is not the result of pure randomness but the result of a great artistic flair and a complex three dimentions processing program.
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