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Surprising Places
Czechia
Приєднався 3 тра 2023
Remarkable, shocking, surprising modern architecture in Central Europe.
Hosted by Adam Gebrian, a Czech architect who studied at the California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, and has worked in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, London and Paris.
Hosted by Adam Gebrian, a Czech architect who studied at the California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, and has worked in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, London and Paris.
Ještěd Tower: A Must-See for Any Visitor to the Czech Republic
This time we will take a look at one of the Czech Republic's most famous and popular buildings. Jested Tower is a 94 metre-tall tower used to transmit television signal built on the top of Jested mountain near Liberec in the Czech Republic. This building has exceptional architectural, technical and engineering quality. It is also unique in its combination of technical (television transmitter) and social (restaurant, hotel) use. This gem took seven years to build in unpredictable weather conditions. The author is Karel Hubáček.
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RETRO SCI-FI: Incredible Technological Room With 130 Million Papers
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This time Adam Gebrian visited an incredible room in the Evidence Building of the Central Social Insurance Office in Prague, Czech Republic. The room holds over 130 million papers in 9,000 drawers.
Discover This Beautiful UNESCO Town With Incredible Architectural Quality
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This time Adam Gebrian visited Litomyšl in Czechia and the Castle Hill, specifically: the museum, the church, the monastery gardens, the former brewery - the birthplace of Bedřich Smetana, the library and the ceremonial hall, the castle park and the riding hall. There is no other city in the Czech Republic where so much contemporary quality architecture has been realized as here. We will take a...
Adolf Loos' Architectural Masterpieces: 5 Apartments You Can Still Visit Today
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This time Adam Gebrian visited 5 apartment interiors designed by world-famous architect, Adolf Loos in Pilsen, Czech Republic. 5 flats in a very different condition today, which were realized at the turn of the 20th and 30th years, according to the design of one of the most important architects ever born on the Czech territory, Adolf Loos. You have a unique opportunity to compare the vastly dif...
Incredible Transformation of a Former Industrial Complex
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This time Adam Gebrian visited The Lower Vítkovice Area in Ostrava, Czech Republic. One of the largest and most important transformation areas of the present-day Czech Republic. A place with a rich industrial past has been transformed into a fully-fledged part of the city for several years. At the same time, a new architectural layer is being created here.
Visit The World's Largest Functionalist Building of Its Time: Trade Fair Palace In Prague
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This time Adam Gebrian visited the National Gallery that is located in Prague, Czech Republic. We will take you on a visit to the largest functionalist palace in the world of its time.
Explore Prague's Iconic Cubist Building: The House of the Black Madonna
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This time Adam Gebrian visited the House of the Black Madonna that is located in Prague, Czech Republic. The attractive house in Celetná Street by the architect Gočár is an icon of Prague's cultural reserve, a top cubist work (the first cubist building in the Czech Republic) and a grateful tourist attraction. You may know it from the outside and we will show you - as is our good habit - from th...
Villa Tugendhat: Tour of UNESCO Masterpiece by Mies Van Der Rohe
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The groundbreaking Villa Tugendhat, designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Brno, Czech Republic, is one of the few family homes to make it onto the UNESCO list. It is a unique space where great attention is paid to every detail and at the same time, it represents the technological pinnacle of its time.
Adolf Loos' Masterpiece Villa Müller in Prague - A Must See!
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The Villa of Milada and František Müller in Prague, Czech Republic, built between 1928 and 1930, is the masterpiece of the architect Adolf Loos. He made original use of the concept of the so-called Raumplan and selected and designed the furnishings of the villa. In 1997-2000 the villa was restored and opened to the public as a cultural monument. We highly recommend a visit!
The Most Radical Building in Central Europe - Explore the Slovak Radio Building!
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This time Adam Gebrian visited the Slovak Radio Building that is located in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is said that people generally like buildings that taper towards the sky, are unconcerned about those that stay the same, and hate those that expand upwards to show off their fight against gravity. The Slovak Radio Building is one of the most radical buildings in Central Europe. How do you like it?
Explore the Secrets of World-Renowned Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora
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The Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk on Zelená Hora in Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic, is a 300-year-old and very elaborate building by the genius architect Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel, which contains a whole series of symbols, surprises and mysteries that no one has been able to decode to this day. The crowning jewel of Baroque Gothic was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.
Explore the Incredible Technical Wonder of Dlouhé Stráně in Czech Republic!
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This time Adam Gebrian visited Dlouhé stráně Hydro Power Plant in the Czech Republic, located on the Desná river. Take a look at the incredible and largest pumped-storage plant in the Czech Republic. It takes 7 hours to complete the pumping. Power is generated by lowering the water down, which happens during the day, and at night the water is pumped back up to the upper reservoir. In 2020, near...
The team that meticulously restored this remarkable building published an amazing book chronicling all of the meticulous restoration steps. Tugendhat had really fallen into disrepair and the results are spectacular. A friend of mine purchased a copy during a visit and I have been trying to find a copy on line.
Very ugly house.
Adam Gebritain
¡Extraordinaria!
SUPER!!!!
Shame abour the unnecessary music
"Less is More": Mies van der Rohe
12:59 why talk about the long corridor and stand in front blocking our view?? You guys need to do A LOT better
Surprising choice. It doesn’t say much. Not a distinctive style. I’ve studied architecture for 50 years and have never seen it.
IDK, just not a fan of his work. I wouldn't be comfortable living there. Even the furniture is very uncomfortable.
I visited the Villa summer of 1986. The renovation has left the house in pristine condition. I remember the house in pretty much similar condition but slightly rougher around the edges. But you knew this was a monumental piece of work. Still remember hanging on the ledge to take photo of the lowered 5m glass. The landscape in the back was very simple then.
Epic house , great video. But no “like”, because: 3 x 2 ads in a 20 minute educational video? Seriously?
I'm still learning Czech and his videos never have subtitles, (even if in Czech, I could auto-translate or at least I'd understand more than the 10% I usually get, he talks fast), seeing this with English dubbing, i'm so happy to finally know what he's talking about, i love Prague architecture and places
Thank you for this and your other videos. Absolutely magnificient.
LESS IS MORE ,Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
I'm huge fan of Loos work and specially the interiors. Find good information about it is difficult so thank you very much for doing this video. Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.
amazing
This place is perfection to me. What a liveable, original, inventive design. Thank you for sharing
Some of those interiors look very contemporary even today
I've been in the cafe just yesterday - so impressed🤩 Very unique and beautiful❤ Thank you for your insights🙏
Great video ı used it tı get more information for my 102 jury😊
The discreet, recessed entry, the compressed vestibule and entry spaces opening into a generous space, and the elaborate manipulation of space overall are reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright. In other ways, they are, of course, very different architects, but Wright, like Loos, designed space.
Much obliged 🥰
good!!
Brünn
It would be more beautiful with some big trees surrounding.
The music is bloody awful
Chapeau for Mies van der Rohe
Great video. I wish there was some info how the operators pick their destination from the crane.
Thank you for this wonderful and thorough presentation. Mies' Barcelona Pavilion demonstrated a new kind of architecture, with a grid of chrome-plated columns punctuating an open, flowing space with free-standing partitions clad in stone. With the Tugendhat house, he showed that this kind of space conception could be integrated with traditional, enclosed bedrooms and service functions. Mies' attitude wasn't "out with the old, in with the new," but rather a more practical "new added to the old," a project of ongoing evolution, rather than revolution.
What an awful opening of a video. Being looked at from the side by an arrogant man with crossed arms and being told how ignorant I am not to know the property... Like a slap in the face.
Amazing building! Thankyou for the film.
Thank You. Greatly enjoy the coverage of these little known Loos works. Two suggestions. The music is highly inappropriate and grating. Also, I think it's best to present still images, especially plans and elevations, as still images and not the subtle Ken Burns pan and scan. Regards
Great explained presentation ! 👍
Brother What is up with your music?
These guys (Mies, Le Corbusier, Loos) really took Architecture seriously. Not like Ghery, Calatrava, Hadid and so many distorted minds.
Agreed. Gehry is focused on spectacle. He's not actually thinking about spaces that change the way people live.
Now I understand why Czech Republic was shattered... they were at the top of European Culture... I am watching now your video on the Tugendhat Villa... Thanks for taking the time and effort to relive this vital architecture.
Funny how the two unassuming villas on the front and on the side both look way better, more livable, more durable and less outdated than this "masterpiece"
Super video, looking forward the seeing new buildings 😀
im too poor to even walk by :D
Oh okay, it's a house.
A bit creepy, it needs people (but I would go to see it). I don't think I could get well in that depressing quarantine room
This channel is like the best kept secret on UA-cam. Thank you for making these.
This house is incredibly ugly, it doesnt fit the surroundings, the shape is disturbing and very unprotected from wind, rain etc. You can clearly see same type of architecture used in daily life, in our cities, but without mainteness like this one gets it turns out to be a mess. Flat roofs leak, exposed walls crack and giant windows get dirtier even easier than expected. These type of museum like heritage modernist buildings tend to trick you into beliving, that this white walls and windows are that easy to maintain and live. But in reallity it turns out that even 3 story house neighboring villa is more comfortable and maintainable than this. And if you think otherwise, well that's your choice and taste, I will just wish you luck living in such a cold uncozy enviroment.
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fantastically filmed presentation, thank you
Coordination Mr architect, coordination ...your mouth is not following your voice. Impossible to watch
Maybe look at the house?
hahahaha@@UPalooza
Thank you for your videos. Perhaps you can answer a naggng question. The Tugendhat and Mueller homes, built during the same years, have the same expandable dining table, with each additional ring (of different materials) accomodating the same number of guests. Who designed it? Representatives of each building claim the table originated there. What do you say to the coincidence?
I went there in 2014, It was closed for the public, still we took some pictures.
The loud, awful music between the monologue is so distracting from an other informative video. Why do people insist on doing that!?