Café - an architectural phenomena of the First Czechoslovak Republic´s society

This bachelor thesis deals with restored cafés in Brno and Prague that were established in the First Czechoslovak Republic. In the case of Brno´s coffee houses it is mostly emphasized their origin, historical context, history of coffee making and how the coffee houses returned to their former look and function. The author deals with the analysis of coffee houses and the purposes and goals of their restoration. The author focuses on Zeman´s café by the architect Bohuslav Fuchs and it´s replica from 1995 and on ERA coffee house by Josef Kranz. Then the focus is shifted to an elegant coffee house Savoy owned by Jan Nekvapil and designed by Jindřich Kumpošt and to a pastry shop and coffee house Kolbaba designed by Jan Víšek. To compare evolution of the coffee houses in Brno the author chose unique cubist coffee house Grand Café Orient in Prague located in Dům U Černé Matky Boží by the architect Josef Gočár. The thesis summarizes the circumstances of the formation of coffee houses during the First Czechoslovak Republic in Prague and Brno and examines different conditions for its development. It also looks into the circumstances of restoration and today´s activity of these coffee houses and evaluates its success rate