#libertyloft

A young Prague couple decided to extend their small attic apartment to better suit the needs of a family life. The apartment is located in a semi-detached house in a small neighborhood built in the early 1920s in a unique Czech Art Deco style. The neighborhood was named Liberty to celebrate newly established Czechoslovakia. Optimism and expectations, freshness and playfulness of that era and style became an ongoing source of inspiration for our design. The originally tiny apartment suffered from a lack of space, while the adjacent unused attic had a promising spatial potential. The attic has been completely renovated. The massive load-bearing wall dividing the lower level of the attic had to be preserved. The boarded-up space of the dor... More