Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Villa Tugendhat in February 1931,
photograph: Fritz Tugendhat Nestled into a hilltop on the
outskirts of the medieval Czech market town of Brno, is Mies van
der Rohe’s 1929 Villa Tugendhat, an icon of modernist
architecture. The streamlined, glass-fronted house is one of the
earliest and most important the architect designed. On the 1st
of January 2010 Villa Tugendhat closed to the public. The Villa
is undergoing thorough restoration work with the aim of
preserving and conserving the original building. Scheduled to
reoopen in March of 2012, there is much to celebrate. The
process of renewal will include not only repairs to the
building, but also all of the interiors and the gardens.
”Tugendhat Villa, the house that Ludwig Mies van der Rohe built
for Grete and Fritz Tugendhat on a hill in Brno, Czechoslovakia,
in 1930, is famous for its open, flowing plan, its retractable
window wall and its plush modern materials.” Fortunately, this
historic home will now live on for years to come,