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Sculptural Light Objects Meet Czech Functionalism | František Jungvirt Brings Glass Lighting to Villa Volman
The Czech glass artist reimagines his signature vase collections as light objects, bringing new dimensions of colour, craftsmanship and atmosphere to a landmark of interwar Functionalism.
Glass has a particular ability to change character depending on how light passes through it, reflects off its surface or brings out the depth
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Modern metropolis | Baba Housing Estate
Although the city of Prague is mainly famous for its impressive Baroque buildings, it also boasts many modern architectural masterpieces, such as the Baba Experimental Housing Estate, which defined functionalist architecture between the two world wars not only architecturally but also socially, aesthetically and technically.
In 1927, Deutsche Werkbund introduced