THE COURSE OF MONUMENT RENEWAL
CEREMONIAL OPENING OF TUGENDHAT HOUSE
On Tuesday, 29th February 2012, Tugendhat House was ceremonially opened after the two-year monument restoration process. The opening of the house, the unique modern architecture landmark in the Czech Republic listed as the UNESCO world heritage site, was preceded by a press conference attended by the city representation... read more
FEBRUARY 2012
FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE BUILDING On Thursday, 2nd February, the final acceptance certificate was issued. In the coming days, the house was cleaned up and the last details in the interior were finalised. Between 20th – 24th February, the site accommodation in front of the house in Černopolní street... read more
January 2012
WOODEN ELEMENTS AND FURNITURE In the living room (2nd floor), the restorers reinstalled the authentic bookcase veneered in Makassar ebony including replica shelves as only one shelf has been preserved. Internal fittings (shelves, drawers) were installed in the authentic built-in wardrobes in the master’s... read more
december 2011
METAL ELEMENTS On the 3rd floor, the restorers finished the steel structure coatings and installed door fittings on steel doors and windows. On the 2nd and 3rd floors, guiding rails for drapery were fitted. The restorers cleaned the steel structure of spiral stair ace leading from the 2nd floor to the 1st floor... read more
NOVEMBER 2011
STONE AND PAVEMENT Travertine steps are being installed on the garden terrace stairs. At the same time, the restorers are cleaning the travertine element surfaces inside and outside the house and add missing parts in damaged elements. On the upper terrace, (3rd floor), the restorers are finalising the... read more
OCTOBER 2011
GARDEN The garden paths and staircases were being finalised in the garden. Walls made of quarry stone are completed and vegetation is planted in the spaces above them. Drainage around the house were completed, and wiring and the irrigation system are to be completed. Grown trees were planted in the garden... read more
SEPTEMBER 2011
GLAZING In the course of September, large-size windows were set in the main living room, i.e. milk translucent wall, the conservatory was glazed and all large-size windows were glazed including both wind-down windows. On the street side of the house the milk curved wall of the main entrance hall was glazed.... read more
AUGUST 2011
GARDEN The salvation and safety pruning of tree species was completed in the garden. In the lower part of the garden a grown conker snapped as a result of a strong wind. After assessing the condition of the tree, the experts decided on its removal. Furthermore, the reconstruction of garden paths commenced (spreading... read more
July 2011
METAL ELEMENTS The restorers commenced the restoration of the garage gate. They restored the destroyed parts and provided the gate steel structure with an anti-rusting paint. During mechanical cleaning of the gate, holes caused most likely by shooting were discovered dating apparently from before the end of... read more
JUNE 2011
METAL ELEMENTS An interesting discovery was made in the dining room defined by the semi-circular wall. Probes at the foot of the steel leg of the round dining table, which is one of the dominant of the living space, detected a casing made of rolled profiles embedded in concrete in the floor, with a preserved... read more
May 2011
METAL ELEMENTS Continuing work on the reconstruction of the steel structures of the glazed wall in the main living room (2nd floor) and the renewal of the window sliding mechanism. Heating elements were embedded in concrete in the main living room. The restorers cleaned steel door frames on the technical floor... read more
April 2011
METAL ELEMENTS After removing the unauthentic glazing from the 1980’s and mechanical cleaning of incoherent coatings, the glazed wall steel structure in the main living room was repaired and deformations were evened out. The restorers started renewing the window lowering mechanism.Before applying a special re-profiling... read more
March 2011
PLASTERS In the basement (1st floor) and partly on the 2nd and 3rd floors, the grooves in the plasters needed for the installation of wiring and electronic security system are being repaired. Non-authentic plaster is being removed on the outside after the secondarily made openings and in the grooves made for various... read more
February 2011
PLASTERS Grooves are made in the plasters to enable installation of el. wiring and the electronic security system in the basement (1st floor) and a part of the 2nd and 3rd floors. Outside, the unauthentic plasters from the additional filling of subsequently made holes and joints for various types of lines (e... read more
January 2011
GARDEN TERRACE The fitting of steel reinforcement in the first pair of foundation wells was completed along with the formwork for concreting the footing bottom, which was made in the second half of January. PLASTERS The restorers continue removing the secondary layers of external plasters. Work continues on desalinating... read more
December 2010
GARDEN TERRACE Reinforcement was inserted in the first of the foundation wells and concreted. Excavation work is performed in the other foundation wells; the total number of the wells is. In the second half of December, the second foundation well was dug up and concreted. PLASTERS In the gentlemen’s room (3rd floor)... read more
November 2010
GARDEN TERRACE In the first half of November, the original plasters stored in the immediate vicinity of the garden terrace were removed. Following a structural securing of the foundation structures of the terrace and the installation of a new peripheral wall, these will be transferred back. In the second half of November... read more
OCTOBER 2010
REMOVAL OF GARDEN TERRACE EXTERNAL PLASTERS After a technical break required for the action of the consolidating agent, the existing condition of the plasters to be removed and their positions were surveyed. The restorers applied a reinforcing fabric on the surface of the original plaster layers with a wooden slat... read more
SEPTEMBER 2010
ROOF CLADDING By mid September, the removal of the present warn out layers of roof cladding were removed from the whole roof surface. To ensure protection against weather conditions, damp-proofing was provided for security reasons down to the uncovered original screed.REMOVAL OF GARDEN TERRACE EXTERNAL PLASTER... read more
AUGUST 2010
LIGHTENING THE ROOF STRUCTURES FOR SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL OF PERIPHERAL STRUCTURES OF THE GARDEN TERRACE Before dismantling the travertine pavements and garden terrace steps it was necessary to remove the concrete flooring. In the space of the former ironing room (1st floor) a provisional supporting steel structure... read more
July 2010
MAIN LIVING FLOOR Following the completion of re-profiling of the supporting wall in the main living floor (2nd floor), the air insulating hollow (the so-called tunnel), the reconstruction of the steel joists commenced- these are partly uncovered in the concrete ceiling. Partition walls added in the 1980’s... read more
june 2010
SECOND THICOM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING On Friday 4 June 2010 the second meeting of the International Expert Advisory Committee providing professional supervision of the restoration of the Tugendhat House in Brno (THICOM - Tugendhat House International Committee) took place in the Tugendhat House. The most important... read more
May 2010
SOREL CEMENT Sorel cement detected in April was chemically analysed. The Pardubice University laboratories determined a mixture of Sorel cement, sawdust and sand. The presence of asbestos was ruled out.A fragment of Sorel cement was discovered in the rubbish in uncovered vertical sanitary installations in the cook... read more
APRIL 2010
FIRST MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE - THICOM On Friday, 9th April, the first meeting of the Tugendhat House International Committee (THICOM) guaranteeing an expert supervision of the monument Tugendhat House, preservation in Brno took place. This international panel of experts was set up on... read more
March 2010
RESTORATION RESEARCH WORK The final stage of restoration research, building upon the campaign carried out over the years 2003-2006, took place in Villa Tugendhat over the 1st to the 5th of March. The aim consisted of identifying and specifying the methods employed in the particular restoration and conservation interventions... read more
February 2010
PIANO MOVED OUT OF THE VILLA The PETROF make piano was moved out of the main living area of Villa Tugendhat on Thursday the 4th of February 2010. Over the course of the monument renewal the instrument will be lent to the music department of the Jiří Mahen Library in Brno and will be placed within the Klein Palace on... read more