Dancing House
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The Dancing House (Czech: Tančící dům), or Ginger and Fred, is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building on the Rašínovo nábřeží (Rašín Embankment) 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. The building was designed in 1992. The construction, carried out by BESIX, was completed four years later in 1996.
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Dancing House | |
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Tančící dům | |
Former names | Nationale-Nederlanden Building |
Alternative names | Ginger and Fred |
General information | |
Location | Prague, C R |
Address | Rašínovo nábřeží 80, Prague 2, 120 00 |
Town or city | Prague |
Country | Czech Republic |
Coordinates | 50°04′32″N 14°24′51″E |
Construction started | 1992 |
Completed | 1996 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Vlado Milunić, Frank Gehry |
Gehry originally called the house Ginger and Fred (after the dancers Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire – the house resembles a pair of dancers),[1] but the nickname Ginger & Fred is now mainly used for the restaurant located on the seventh floor of the Dancing House Hotel.[2] Gehry himself later discarded his own idea, as he was "afraid to import American Hollywood kitsch to Prague".[3]