Villa Tugendhat by Mies van der Robe architects
Villa Tugendhat is designed by Mies van der Robe architects in 1930 and it is located in Brno (Now Czech Republic). The owners, a Jewish couple Grete & Fritz Tugendhat made just a few changes on the initial project of the architects.
This large house has three levels including the basement. Mies introduced many open spaces and light spaces. In order to bring inside natural light was used glazing facades from floor to ceiling on Southeast and garden side. The parents and the children spaces are separated. Connected to the terrace is the parents bedroom and bathroom which are placed at the rear.
For a private residence it was extremely expensive, there were used lavish materials, new technologies of heating and cooling and of course the construction methods participated significantly on the costs. Due to the use of steel the walls could be build thinner. Building this house included needs for onyx ans rare tropical woods. Mies also designed the furniture and realized the interior design, furniture was very important for them but in what it concerns the decorations and art on the walls they were not used at all. The villa was abandoned by the family in 1938, it was used by the Nazi Gestapo setting up flats and offices and then as a museum. In 2007 Tugendhat family returned for their house.
