rodinný dům Vladimíra Müllera House

Villa Vladimir Müller in the Olomouc part of Lazka is a self-standing building with a flat roof built in the spirit of modern purism between 1927 and 1928. A cube-shaped house, designed by architect Paul Engelmann and built by builder Tomáš Shipka, stands out with an internal arranged space divided into two heights. In 1991 this important modern building was declared a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

The creation of this remarkable building dates back to 1927 to 1928, when the Olomouc Director of the Land Office and the athlete Vladimír Müller built it. The construction falls within the period of the late 1920s, when Czechoslovakia was in a period of stable interwar development and economic prosperity. At that time, the emergence of modern directions, functionalism and purism in European architecture culminated, which rejected the historical slogans in favour of efficiency and clean shapes.

The architectural solution is a stand-alone, walled storey building with a cube-shaped flat roof standing in the corner of the garden. The south front of the house is divided by a terrace with a pergola. The ground floor has two height levels and is elevated compared to the terrain. There is an entrance in the southeast facade, divided by shallow risalite and irregularly placed windows. Irregularly distributed windows corresponding to internal breakdown appear on other facades. There's a garage door in the northwest wall. On the ground floor there is a hall with two height levels and a space-divided hall from which an open staircase leads to the first floor. The upper-level dining area has three combined windows on the south side, while the lower-level living area is opened by two French windows to the east with access to the garden. On the floor, which is also divided into two levels, the bedrooms are located.

The owner was Vladimír Müller at the time of its creation. Over the decades, the villa has undergone various building modifications. The year 1991 became the crucial milestone in its modern history, when the Ministry of Culture declared it a cultural monument to the Czech Republic. Subsequently, from 2012 to 2018 the whole building underwent a comprehensive restoration and restoration under the direction of architect Michal Sborwitz, who was also involved in the modification of the adjacent garden.

Key events and attractions include the construction chronology itself from the beginning of the construction in 1927 and completion in 1928 to the historical protection and recent reconstruction. During the complex reconstruction, the double windows were repaired, the original wooden stairs, deck and parquet floors were restored, the limestone plaster was restored and cast iron radiators were installed. The bathroom was restored with original seamless Belnine tiles and sanitary equipment, and the lamps were supplemented according to documented designs. In the exterior they removed younger inappropriate accessories such as garage, railing entrance and wooden pergola on the second floor terrace. A stone plinth was created on the site of the removed garage according to the model of architect Adolf Loose. The garden has been modified according to original plans, including a copy of a fence made up of a concrete suspect, concrete columns with fasets and filler fields made of wooden lats. In the garden there is a gazebo, meadow and apple tree and a special silicate limestone imported from Terchova in Slovakia was used on the new pavement.

Today this property is located in a quiet residential district of Lazka in Olomouci in Chernochov Street. In the wider area you can find the historical centre of the city with a number of monuments listed on the UNESCO list, such as the Column of the Holy Trinity.

Vila Vladimir Müller is a valuable example of modern purism and interwar housing architecture, whose recent sensitive restoration has restored the building to its original form. Visit this remarkable Olomouc monument and get to know the quality of functionalist construction.