VILLA TUGENDHATA 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