Franz Kafka’s House, Prague Interior, Czech Republic Property Redevelopment, Architecture Photos
Franz Kafka’s House in Prague
20 Feb 2020
Franz Kafka’s House
Interior designer: Denisa Strmiskova Studio
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Franz Kafka’s House is located in a neighbourhood of Saint Nicholas church near Old Town Square in Prague. It is symbolically connected with an important 20th century literature author Franz Kafka. The writer was born here at 1883, in a former prelature of Benedictine monastery, which was placed at Saint Nicholas church. He and his parents lived in the house until 1885, when whole family has moved to Wenceslaus Square. Building itself burnt down at the end of 1890s.
In 1904, the art nouveau architect Osvald Polívka, built a new structure, which was strongly inspired by the original one. The building is located near old Jewish Ghetto in a Prague Old Town and its walls is thereby impregnated by atmosphere of fin de siècle ? the very end of nineteenth and beginning of twentieth century. This time period was marked by earlier industrial revolution, as well as desire for a romantic and nostalgic return to the ?clean? life without machines and factories.

The thought of life connected to the nature and her mysterious matriarchal forces stood in contrary to developing sciences and positivistic view of the world and man in it. Gloomy, tragic and hopeless fate of Kafka?s characters is often painted in subtle ironic humor. ...