National Theatre Workshops at Větrov

With their Neo-Renaissance facades, the storage and workshop buildings of the National Theatre were built in 1899 after designs by Karel SkopecIF [Iva Furáková], čp. 438/II, in: Růžena Baťková a kol., Umělecké památky Prahy. Nové Město, Vyšehrad, Vinohrady, Academia, Praha, 1998, p. 325. on a site named after the windy weather conditions there: Větrov, Větrná hora, Větrník or Na Větrově.Marek Lašťovka – Václav Ledvinka a kol., Pražský uličník I.: Encyklopedie názvů pražských veřejných prostranství, Libri, Praha, 1997, pp. 49–50.

During the bombing of Prague on 14 February 1945 the building was heavily damaged together with the “entire content of 30 000 painted decorations from 1880–1943”.Zdeněk Wirth – Josef Sudek, Pražský kalendář 1946. Kulturní ztráty Prahy 1939–1945, Nakladatelství V. Poláčka, Praha, 1945, unpaginated. In his pictures Josef Sudek captured both the Neo-Renaissance facades of the buildings, which was basically tall that remained after the bomb attack and the following fire, together with the tangled steel beams in the interiors.

In 1947 reconstruction took place under the project leader, Jaroslav Červenka.IF [Iva Furáková], čp. 438/II, in: Růžena Baťková a kol., Umělecké památky Prahy. Nové Město, Vyšehrad, Vinohrady, Academia, Praha, 1998, p. 325. The National Theatre uses the building still to this day for the storage of stage decor.