RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PRINTING WORKS IN ŽELEZNÁ STREET

The reconstruction of the former printing works built in 1909 by Liberec architect Max Kühn is a complex of three-story buildings and one-storey offices with a private courtyard and the single-storey building of a former restaurant with an adjacent park and a veteran tree. The complicated urban situation, with complex approaches to the land and parts of the building located on plots not owned by the investor, led to unconventional layouts. The main commercially used building is the offices with grey roofs on the first floor, through which the inner courtyard and the roof terrace of the one-storey former restaurant are accessed. The apartment on the second floor is a like a sleeping carriage on a train, with an outer corridor and rooms facing the courtyard on the west side and a terrace over the private courtyard on the eastern side. On the ground floor there are technical rooms and garages. A spiral staircase then connects all the floors in a corner located in the former cargo lift shaft.

Client: MPL Development, a.s
Cooperation: Ing. Leoš Urbánek
Photo: Tobiáš Hrabec
Completion: 2018