refurbishment and addition of the original bank palace

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A conversion of the original bank palace facing Na Příkopě (boulevard) (Bldg. A) into a modern A-class office building and complete restoration of the building B in Panská (street). While preserving the valuable street façade, the interior volume is rearranged into new stories; a new reinforced concrete frame is designed satisfying needs of a department store. The tectonics of the two added stories alters sheet metal pistons with large glass panels. Continuous terraces are added to the upper story; the new volume of the building B contains an interior atrium with glazed facades.

The first mention of a house on this site dates back to the mid 14th century. Božena Němcová lived in the house called ´At three lindens´ (there is a bronze bust of B. Němcová by B. Neužil from 1932 on the front). B. Bendelmayer was awarded first prize in a competition for a bank in 1922. The construction phase 1 ended in 1923, and the project was later altered to a cheaper version constructed by V. Nekvasil Co. Interiors were refurbished in 1947, 1961, and 1971 (offices in the attic).

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