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Rudolfinum Building Prague Entrance Interiors Design
19 October 2021
Rudolfinum Entrance Interiors
Design: Lenka Míková architekti
Location: Rudolfinum, Al?ovo náb?e?í 12, 110 01 Prague 1, Czech Republic

Photos by Tomá? Sou?ek
Rudolfinum Building Prague Entrance Interiors
The project creates new interiors in entrance areas of the Czech Philharmonic and the Dvo?ák?s hall in the great Rudolfinum building in a Neo-Renaissance style located in the Old Town of Prague. The collaboration started with our winning proposal in an invited competition organized by CZECHDESIGN and the Czech Philharmonics as the client in 2018. The general aim was to bring an extended use to the entrance areas and open them up to the public more than during the concerts. The brief asked to include a new souvenir shop, a listening lounge and an exhibition about the history of the building.
We approached the task with respect to the original historical architecture and aimed to design the new use in a compact and contemporary way, but unintrusive and in relation to the existing space. For this we chose to use materials already present in the building, mirroring effect of a partly polished brass and simple shaping derived from the floorplan of the spaces and relating to existing marble floors.

The project consists of three parts ? two side lounges, including the Rudolfinum shop and a listening lounge dedicated to...