Photo: Archive of Magdalena Kracík Štorkánová, Art and Craft Mozaika z.s.
One of Prague’s iconic Brutalist structures, the Central Telecommunications Building in the district of Žižkov, is gradually being demolished. However, some valuable art pieces from its interior have been saved, including a large-scale mosaic created by Italian artist Sauro Ballardini out of hundreds of pieces of glass.
The Central Telecommunications building with its unmistakable tower is known among Praguers as Mordor, a reference to Lord of the Rings. It was built between 1972 and 1979 and at the time, it was the tallest building in Czechoslovakia and the tallest telecom building in Europe.
The communist planners commissioned a number of art pieces for the then state-of the-art building, including a huge mosaic made by Sauro Ballardini, who also did the mural at Florenc metro station.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková