Prague's Dancing House

Photograph by Pedro Szekely

This is the Nationale Nederlanden building in Prague.  It is known as 'The Dancing House' or 'Fred and Ginger' and was designed  by Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunic and Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry.  It took two years to build and provides office space over six floors and a restaurant on the top floor.  The 'dancing' shape is supported by 99 concrete panels, each one a different shape.  The twisted structure you can see on top of the right side of the building is nicknamed 'Medusa'.  This very non-traditional building was quite controversial at the time as it is quite obviously different to the Gothic, Baroque and Art Nouveau buildings which Prague is famous for.  I think it's quite beautiful, what do you think?

                                                                                                             Tracey