a family home of greta and fritz tugendhat 1928

a family home of greta and fritz tugendhat 1928

VILLA TUGENDHAT
A FAMILY HOME OF GRETA AND FRITZ TUGENDHAT
1928 – 1930
Statutární město Brno dotuje
provoz Muzea města Brna
Garden elevation, view from the south, 1930s
Greta Tugendhat
Fritz Tugendhat
Entrance forecourt with passageway to the upper terrace and with a view through to Špilberk castle, 1930s
Grete’s room, 1930s
Fritz’s room with desk, bookcase and portrait of Emil Tugendhat, 1930s
Oldest daughter Hanna’s room; left of the wardrobe is a passage to the boys’ room, 1930s
Garden terrace staircase, 1930s
Main living area, view from the dining area, 1930s
Main living area, library with seating by the bridge table, 1930s
Main living area, seating in front of the onyx partition, evening lighting, 1930s
Main living area, curative remedial exercises, 1959
Karla Hladká’s school of dancing, about 1947–1949
Boys’ room with view through to oldest daughter Hanna’s room (classroom), curative remedial exercises, 1959
Garden elevation, August 1969
Street elevation, 20 October 1980
South corner of the conservatory, 20 October 1980
Kitchen / living room in the caretaker’s flat in the staff wing on
level three, 20 October 1980
Oldest daughter Hanna’s room equipped with furniture designed by Kamil Fuchs (passage to the boys’ room had been bricked up), 1985
Main living area equipped with contemporary steel furniture manufactured by Kodreta Myjava (Slovakia), 1985
Photograph of the garden terrace produced by the photogrammetry technique which enabled the terrace and the staircase’s original travertine slab and block
laying pattern to be plotted (photograph from Karla Hladká’s School of Dancing, perhaps 1947–1949). The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Application of reinforced textile and bone glue to the original layers of garden terrace exterior render. A grid of timber laths enabled its fixing and subsequent
detachment. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
New foundations under the garden terrace with restored steel columns (area of the one-time ironing room, today the bookshop, on level one). The rehabilitation of
the house, 2010–2012
Garden terrace’s north-west elevation before render detachment. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Main living area (level two), structural steel column cladding fixing. (Left) a rivet head, (right) a wooden spacer block with a fragment of the original DLW brand
linoleum. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Main living area (level two), newly applied layer of Sorel cement prepared to the original formula. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Stone garden steps and walling to the three-level garden. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Brno, Tugendhat House, first THICOM meeting on 9 April 2010. From left: Karel Ksandr, Iveta Černá (MuMB, Tugendhat House), Ivo Hammer, Kateřina Báňová
(interpreter), Ruggero Tropeano, Arthur Rüegg, Ana Tostões, Miloš Solař (NPÚ Prague). The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Restoring a travertine cill on the upper terrace by the staff wing. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Transporting large-format panes of glass to the house’s garden elevation. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Main living area (level two), original steel shoe for a table-leg of the circular dining table. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Main living area (level two), new wooden structure for the individual panels of the semi-circular partition in the dining area. The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Main living area (level two), assembling individual restored panels of the renewed original semi-circular partition in the dining area. The rehabilitation of the house,
2010–2012
Main living area (level two). The rehabilitation of the house, 2010–2012
Street elevation (north-east), 2012
Garden (south-west) elevation, 2012
View from the garden terrace into the main living area, 2012
Visitors to the Tugendhat House in the garden, 2012
Main living area (level two), guided tour of the house as an inaugurated architectural monument, March 2012
Music days in Villa Tugendhat, 2013
Nights of stargazing, 2012
View of the spiral travertine staircase from the entrance hall
Machine room for the ventilation equipment (level one), air-mixing room
Main living area (level two), recliner (chaise longue) MR 100 chrome, white leather straps and red velvet upholstery
Kitchen (level two), general view with replicas of the ceramic floor tiles and earthenware wall tiles
Bathroom in the parents’ section (level three), historical restored bath and replicas of the other sanitaryware and fittings
Main living space, 2012–2013
Main living space, 2012–2013
Main living space, 2012–2013
Main living space, 2012–2013
Technical staircase, 2012–2013
Windows engine room, 2012–2013
Detail of the handle designed by Walter Gropius, 2012
Grete’s room, 2012