The Villa of Jenny and Josef Winternitz

The villa built for Jenny and Josef Winternitz is one of the last pieces of architectural work to arise out of the collaboration between Adolf Loos and Karel Lhota, in 1931-1932. It is a prime example of Central-European modernist architecture, as well as bearing silent witness to the dramatic story of the Jewish Winternitz family in multicultural interwar Czechoslovakia. It also serves as a reminder of the historical turmoil of the Second World War and the totalitarian socialist period that followed. This publication consists of number of studies that convey, apart from the family history and a detailed account of the villa's architecture including the specification of its spatial layout (Raumplan), some of the issues regarding the (double) authorship and the character of Loos's architectural handwriting.