Villa Müller
Villa Müller (Müllerova vila) is a family house in Střešovice, Prague, built in 1928–1930 to a design by Adolf Loos in collaboration with the architect Karel Lhota.[1] It stands at Nad Hradním vodojemem 642/14 in Prague 6.[3] It is a national cultural monument managed by the Prague City Museum.[2]*
The building
It was commissioned by František Müller, co-owner of the construction firm Kapsa–Müller.[1] The exterior is austere; what matters is the interior layout. Loos applied his Raumplan principle, in which rooms lie at different height levels connected by stairs.[1]
History
The Müller family lived in the villa from 1928 to 1948. It was then nationalised and housed the State Pedagogical Publishing House and later the Institute of Marxism-Leninism.[1] A government decree of 16 August 1995 declared it a national cultural monument. In 1998–2000 it was restored by the Thalia–Consult association led by the architects Václav Girsa and Miroslav Hanzl; the restoration received a Europa Nostra award in 2002.[1] The villa first opened to the public in 2000.[2]
Repairs in 2025–2026
The museum closed the villa in February 2025, mainly to repair the roof terraces. Their waterproofing, the wooden floors and the paintwork were also repaired, textiles were cleaned and the security system upgraded. Tours resumed on Thursday 1 October 2026. There are six tours a day, two of them in English, each for at most eight visitors.[2][4] A new tour route also opens spaces that were previously inaccessible.[3]
Sources
- Prague.eu (Prague City Tourism)
- ČTK / České noviny — 2026-09-30
- Muzeum Prahy
- Pražský deník — 2026-09-30
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