Hotel Fairmont Golden Prague

This nine-story reinforced concrete structure of former hotel Intercontinental, today hotel Fairmont Golden Prague, came into being through an unusual collaboration between Czechoslovakia and the American hotel chain IHG, a subsidiary of Pan Am Airlines, which planned to build a luxury hotel specifically for its customers. The design was carried out by the prominent Prague-based studio Epsilon, led by Karel Filsak. The hotel itself is a massive solitary building devoid of excessive ornamentation, with an irregular rhythm of vertical bands on the facade, alternating between concrete “blades,” glass window strips, and colorful tile cladding reminiscent of the roofs of the Old Town. In contrast, the interiors are filled with rare works of art and accessories by top artists such as Stanislav Libenský, René Roubíček, and graphic designer Jiří Rathouský. In 2025, the hotel was ceremonially reopened following a sensitive renovation carried out according to a design by the architectural studio TaK Architects. The interior was enriched with new artworks by artists such as Jan Kukla, Martin Janecký and Jaroslav Bejvl, alongside glass installations by renowned Czech studios including Preciosa, Bomma and Lasvit.