The famous "Dancing House" in Prague was sold for €13 million. According to the mediation agency Jones Lang LaSallem, Czech collector Vaclav Skala became the new owner of the building, reports ee24.com citing Czech media.
"Dancing House" is a unique monument of Deconstructivism, designed and built on the banks of Vlatva River in 1996 by architects from Croatia and Canada Vlado Milunic and Frank Gehry. Sometimes it's jokingly called "Ginger and Fred" in honor of the star couple of dancers Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. The former owner of the building, the company CBRE Global Investors, will remain one of the tenants of the building, which houses 4,000 sq.m of offices and commercial premises.
Experts point out that these objects belong to the so-called Trophy houses. This unique objects are designed by renowned architects and built with the most modern technology. Such objects are always in exceptional demand.
Earlier ee24.com wrote that the initial cost of "dancing house" was €4 million, and the Czech developer Central Group was going to pay €10 million for the purchase of a home.