Villa of Miloš and Božena Polák

In 1934, lawyer Miloš Polák and his wife had a three-storey villa designed by the construction company of Jan Mádlík and Jan Včelák, who specialized in reinforced concrete structures. The plans were approved on April 21, 1934, the construction began on 2 May 1934, and it was approved on 5 November of the same year.
 

The internal staircase led to the basement and so did the car ramp from the yard. In the basement, there was a boiler operator’s apartment with a room and kitchen, a garage, a boiler room, four cellars (two smaller, two larger), and a laundry room with a drying room. On the ground floor, there was a staircase shaft with a three-flight staircase with the entrance to a separate law office, consisting of two rooms (the larger one in the shape of the letter L served several employees, the smaller Miloš Polák), and to the apartment. The apartment consisted of a hall with a double door leading to the dining room, and a large built-in wardrobe. From the hall one could enter the kitchen with a pantry and maid’s room and then to the bathroom with bathtub. In addition, there was a separate access to the toilet with a washroom from the hall. Another toilet with a washroom was located in the staircase hall and served employees and clients. From the hall of the apartment, one could also enter the bedroom with a loggia and a door leading to the dining room. Upstairs, there was a larger apartment that took up the entire floor. The entrance hall led directly to the dining room, and the spaces could be separated by a folding screen. From the dining room, a double door led to the living room with a winter garden and a corner strip window. The entrance hall and living room were connected to the kitchen which had a door leading to the bathroom. The maid had a separate room accessible from the hall and a separate toilet with a washroom. In the northeast part of the apartment, there was a generous bedroom and children’s room. From the staircase, there was access to the terrace located above the entrance part of the house. The loft contained the attic attic and one separate room.
 

The building has a traditional layout, foreshadowed by Jan Kotěra’s 1908 villa in Prague's Vinohrady. The vertical prism, which contains a staircase shaft and is glazed by a vertical strip window, is joined by a building covered by a hipped, almost tent roof – the modern meets the traditional. Avant-garde features are represented by corner strip windows, small circular windows, a metal pergola in the vestibule, or a nautically shaped terrace railing. The tradition is represented by tiles evoking unplastered face masonry, so typical for the city.

 

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