Imperial Spa
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Around the Czech Republic (Czech Radio Dvojka)

🏆 Building of the Year 2024 The Imperial Baths and the Concert Hall in Karlovy Vary were awarded the title of Building of the Year at the 32nd annual Building of the Year 2024 competition. The award was given for the exceptional and original construction of the concert hall. The jury appreciated the inventive spatial bravura brought to the carefully restored historic building by the architectural reinvention of the "lilac red" steel structure of the variable auditorium with a concert stage. [...]

CÍSAŘSKÉ LÁZNĚ The former jewel of Karlovy Vary, Císařské lázně, has received a new multifunctional hall designed by our studio, which will help turn the building into a social and cultural centre of the region. Our concept for the multi-purpose hall is based on respect for the historic late 19th century building, while reflecting the needs of a modern cultural space. We emphasized the variability of the metal structure, which can [...]

The landmark year of 1989 was much more blurred in Karlovy Vary than elsewhere in the country. Long before the revolution, communism shook hands with capitalism here. One such case was the casino in Císařské lázně, which opened in June 1988. The Communist Party-run country in the late 1980s was in desperate need of Western marks, shillings and dollars. Lubomír Štrougal's cabinet therefore made contacts [...]

The Imperial Spas reopened to the public after a 3-year reconstruction. We celebrated this event with a spectacular gala concert. The opening show was prepared by brothers Michal and Simon Cabani. We listened to Antonín Dvořák's Carnival, Op. 92 and Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "New World" - Allegro noc fuoco in a great performance by the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra. Together with [...]

Best of Realty - Best of Realty, a prestigious real estate competition, celebrates its quarter century of existence this year. It is a unique platform for awarding and presenting the most important real estate projects in the Czech Republic. The gala evening, which took place on Tuesday 14 November at the Forum Karlín, was attended by leading personalities of the Czech real estate market. In this year's jubilee [...]

One of two monumental paintings by the Carlsbad painter Wilhelm Schneider hangs in the men's lounge, which was formerly used for the rest of the men's guests after their baths. The artist captured famous visitors to Karlovy Vary in 1914. This canvas, depicting spa guests from 1791 to 1914, gives pride of place to the then Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I. [...]