Rezidence U Tržnice

The Rezidence U Tržnice, known today as Pavilon, is a historic building in Prague's Vinohrady district. The eclectic market hall was built between 1901 and 1903 to designs by the architect Antonín Turek on the site of a former machine factory. The three-aisled structure combines brick walls with a modern steel-girder frame, and at the time it was equipped with electric refrigeration and air conditioning. Its distinctive look is defined by two towers, a thermal window, and two sculptures by Vladimír Astl depicting meat vendors. After the hall closed in the 1980s and a fire damaged it in 1986, the building was protected as a cultural monument thanks to the efforts of the association "For Old Prague" (Za starou Prahu). In the 1990s it was converted into a shopping center, which was later also used as an exhibition space for design.