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AKA: Dancing Building, Nové Město, Prague, Czech Republic; Fred and Ginger Building, Nové Město, Prague, Czech Republic
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - commercial buildings
Designers: Gehry, Frank O. and Associates, Incorporated (firm); Studio VM (firm); Frank Owen Gehry (architect); Vlado Milunic (architect)
Dates: constructed 1996
Overview
Canadian-American architect Frank O. Gehry designed this riverfront office building, the Nationale-Nederlanden Building, along with the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunic and his Studio Vm Vlado Milunic, between 1992-1996. The building's two swaying towers evoked the 1930s-1940s film choreography of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, giving the building its nicknames, "The Fred and Ginger Building" or "The Dancing House."
Building Notes
Building occupies 5,842 square meters.
PCAD id: 1382
