The house became the prestigious Award of the European Union for "Building of the Year 2003".
The four luxuriously designed apartments (C3-C6) are between 73 and 80sq.m. and consist of two rooms, kitchen, bathroom and toilet facilities. One apartment (A3) is 120 sqm large and has two bedrooms. The apartments are very light, quiet, and snug thanks to their large French windows that offer a wonderful view of the Franciscan Gardens and a beautiful historic church.
Security is ensured 24 hours a day by reception and guard on the ground floor of the building.
Indeed the Langhans building acts a as kind of bridge between the historic links to old Prague and the modern trends of contemporary architecture.
The history of the Langhans building
Jan Langhans was an internationally-active photographer and successful businessman who bought the house at No. 37 Vodickova Street in 1880. His photographic studio was one of the largest in Bohemia and Moravia and it was he who co-created Czech portrait photography. Hundreds of thousands of unknown and very famous people alike sat before the cameras of three generations of Langhans' in the decades before nationalization in 1948.
The building was returned to the family in the spring of 1991 as part of restitution measures and studies into the reconstruction of the building got underway immediately afterwards. The great-granddaughter of the founder of the enterprise then had the building reconstructed in line with the designs of a team of architects, and the ambitious project began to take shape.
Exclusively for our guests a rich buffet-style breakfast is served here. The breakfast time is from 7am to 11am.
For 99 CZK only you will get wide selection of warm and cold meals and drinks.
Here is small sample of the morning menu:
Warm breakfast - ham and eggs, fried eggs, roasted sausages, roasted bacon, egg omelets, hot dogs, soup;
Cold breakfast - cold plate with selection of ham, salami and cheese, boiled eggs, fresh vegetable salads, corn flakes, yoghurts, honey, jam, butter, mustard;
Bread, rolls and pastry - dark and white bread and rolls, donuts, home made pies
Drinks - coffee, tea, milk, fresh juice
