VINOHRADY villa
The renovation builds on the villa’s original architecture and on what was already valuable in the house. We had no interest in creating a new stage set or setting old against new. We designed a contemporary interior that works with classic materials, precise details and a natural hierarchy of space. The house remained itself — simply adapted to today’s way of living.
Stucco and light
The most airy spaces facing the garden were given over to the representative part of the house. Large windows, views, floods of light — exactly what you’d expect from a Vinohrady villa.
What we found missing were the decorative stucco details. They had disappeared at some point in the past (as they so often do), and the space had lost its “Vinohrady whipped cream” as a result. So we restored and added stucco — on the ceilings, on the column capitals and in the vaulted arches. Done properly, by hand, without any polystyrene substitutes.
We hung minimalist chandeliers that have no ambition to fill the space. They’re there simply to accompany it gently and let the main elements speak for themselves.
The floors were replaced with a bespoke cassette format in American walnut — a distinctive material that adds warmth and dignity without shouting about it.
Two kitchens
This villa has two kitchens — which is a little unusual:
- the working kitchen (the black one) — fully equipped for cooking and preparation,
- the representative kitchen — a compact servery, an elegant staging area for dining.
The black kitchen is deliberately simple, almost austere. It’s a functional workshop that gets the job done without any fuss. The servery, by contrast, is about ritual — about the idea that food here is not just prepared, but “performed”.
An entrance as it should be
The space that captivated us from the very beginning. The hallway is extraordinarily generous and feels luxurious purely by virtue of its proportions.
The original wooden, creaking staircase was removed. We replaced it with a concrete one, with treads clad in wood. We added a completely new balustrade in a bronze finish that runs through the floors and gives the space a vertical “spine”.
We designed a glazed lift for the hallway, serving all floors. We positioned the drive mechanism at the top so the lift could sit at the centre of the plan and work naturally.
The lighting is understated: a light wire chandelier and indirect light directed into the vaulted arches, so the space glows softly in the evening.
And the floor? Entirely new terrazzo with an inlaid brass border. A detail that does more than it first appears.
Luxury in the details
The bathrooms were tiled in a stone mosaic of green marble — again in a bespoke, mitred format. We added brass basins and taps in the spirit of the 1930s.
The glazing in the cassette doors was fitted with delicate metal frames by a metalsmith. Brass reappears on the lever light switches. Everything is coordinated so it feels not ostentatious, but “obviously right”.
Simply tuned to the last detail.
A place for entertainment
Thanks to the villa’s generosity of scale, we were able to make space in the upper floor for a “second living room”. Its footprint essentially mirrors the representative part of the house, but with a completely different mood.
This is a more private zone — a gentleman’s space, where there’s no need to put on a show, just to be at ease. Home cinema with sound system, a poker table, a shuffleboard… and a bar, because why not. It’s a place for evenings, for friends, for matches, for quiet and for noise. And still at the generous scale that belongs to a villa like this.
Fitness without make-up
In the basement we created a home gym — a purely utilitarian space. No “perfumed” wellness atmosphere, just iron and sweat. Function first.
We stripped the vaulted ceilings and walls back to bare brick, so the structure can breathe and the cellar behaves as a cellar should. Materially it’s raw, honest and durable. And yet it’s no cramped back room: the villa remains generous even here. A large space, clear logic, minimal effects — just a solid foundation that lasts and works.
Why we love renovations
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by Radka - 14. 4. 2026