The Nationale Nederlanden building, known as the “Dancing House” or sometimes “Fred and Ginger”, is one of the most significant landmarks in Prague
The Dancing House, or Fred and Ginger, is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building on the waterfront of the River Vltava in Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić in cooperation with Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot. Building gained its name thanks to the towers that resemble famous figures of dancers, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. A stone tower represents dancer and a glass tower his female partner. At the top of the tower symbolizing the dancer there is a dome with the construction of metal tubes coated with stainless steel mesh-work. The dome is shrouded in imaginary hair and symbolizes the head of jellyfish. Dancing House was opened in 1996 and the same year won the prestigious award of US magazine Time in the category of design of a year.
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Location: Prague, Czech Republic, Europe
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