Press conference, left to right: Managing Director of Unistav Miroslav Friš, Mayor of Brno Roman Onderka, THICOM Chairman Ivo Hammer and Director of Brno City Museum Pavel Ciprian, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýPress conference, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýInterview with Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, daughter of former house owners, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýInterview with Ivo Hammer, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýAna Tostoes, Wessel de Jonge, Tomáš Rusín, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýInterview with Ruth Guggenheim-Tugendhat, daughter of former house owners, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýInterview with Ivo Hammer, 2011, photograph: David ŽidlickýInterview with Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýInterview with Ruth Guggenheim-Tugendhat, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýVladimír Šlapeta, Roman Onderka, Pavel Blažek, Michal Malásek, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýToast proposed by Mayor of Brno Roman Onderka, with Ruth Guggenheim-Tugendhat, Iveta Černá, Lukas Hammer, Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat and Ivo Hammer, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýMayor of Brno Roman Onderka with Czech Minister of Culture Alena Hanáková, Managing Director of Unistav Miroslav Friš and Director of Brno City Museum Pavel Ciprian, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýRuth Guggenheim-Tugendhat, Ivo Hammer and Vladimír Šlapeta, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýCeremonial address by Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýSymbolic ribbon-cutting, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýCzech Minister of Culture Alena Hanáková signs Villa Tugendhat's guestbook, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýMayor of Brno Roman Onderka presents an artefact with authentic fragments from Villa Tugendhat to Ivo Hammer, 2012, photograph: David ŽidlickýGuests visiting the bedroom floor, 2012, photograph: David Židlický

Press conference, left to right: Managing Director of Unistav Miroslav Friš, Mayor of Brno Roman Onderka, THICOM Chairman Ivo Hammer and Director of Brno City Museum Pavel Ciprian, 2012, photograph: David Židlický

CEREMONIAL OPENING OF TUGENDHAT HOUSE

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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 headed by Brno City Mayor, Roman Onderka, Deputy Mayor Robert Kotzian, daughters of the Tugendhat commissioning the house construction, Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat and Ruth Guggenheim-Tugendhat,  Ivo Hammer, Wessel de Jonge and Ana Tostoes for the international advisory committee THICOM, managing director of Unistav, Miroslav Friš, and Tugendhat House site manager, Michal Malásek, as well as representatives of the design team and the Museum of the City of Brno.

The Tugendhat House opening ceremony commenced at 1 p.m. in presence of distinguished guests mainly from the cultural world. All guests and representatives of media were welcomed by the Mayor of the Statutory City of Brno, Roman Onderka, giving a short speech followed by addresses made by the Tugendhat House director, Iveta Černá,  the youngest daughter of the Tugendhats, Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, managing director of  Unistav, Miroslav Friš and Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Alena Hanáková.

The exceptional atmosphere of the day with an exceptional date was underscored by a music performance of the legendary Brno jazzman, Jaromír Hnilička.