Examples of Prague Architecture.

The examples of architecture shown here are not "representative." They are simply the ones I was able to reach and to photograph in 2 days. I made a special attempt to photograph all the examples of cubist architecture that I could get to -- and have forgotten the names of some of the buildings -- and tried to get examples of Art Nouveau specifically; but otherwise I simply recorded images that stood out because of lighting or ornament.

Architectural Detail. A collection of ornament, form, etc. not no whole buildings.
Art Nouveau. The buildings shown are mostly in Wenceslas "Square" (really a long boulevard) and the Jewish Quarter, a morning's easy walk.
- Town House. This is a special building that is a showcase of Czech artists.
Mainly Baroque. A collection of older buildings from the middle ages and later, mostly in the Old Town area of Prague.
Cubism. Prague is special for the number of buildings by architects with Cubist inspiration. YOu may wish to have a review of Czech Cubism.
- The Black Madonna, originally a department store, is named for the statue that's enshrined on its NE corner, saved from the building taken down to erect this one.
- Hodek apartments.
- I have forgotten the name of this Cubist House, but it's worth a look.
- A nice CubistOffice stand along the Vltava River under the NW corner of Vysehrad Castle.
- The PAS building is one of the most delightfully ugly pieces in existence, a Cubist castle.
- Below the west side of Vysehrad Castle is a very nice Cubist triplex.
Prague has some nice Modern and Post-Modern buildings, but they look awfully stark next to baroque buildings.