Tancící dum (The Dancing House) - Praha, Czech republic
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Noe1
N 50° 04.526 E 014° 24.850
33U E 458081 N 5547182
The Dancing House (Czech: Tancící dum), or Fred and Ginger is the house by the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunic in cooperation with Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry.
Waymark Code: WMTVDW
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/10/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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"The Dancing House (Czech: Tancící dum), or Fred and Ginger, is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building on the Rašínovo nábreží (Rašín Embankment) in Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunic in cooperation with Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot. The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996.

The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time because the house stands out among the Baroque, Gothic and Art Nouveau buildings for which Prague is famous, and in the opinion of some it does not accord well with these architectural styles. The then Czech president, Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had avidly supported this project, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.

Gehry originally named the house Fred and Ginger (after the famous dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers – the house resembles a pair of dancers)but this nickname is now rarely used; moreover, Gehry himself was later "afraid to import American Hollywood kitsch to Prague", and thus discarded his own idea."

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