The House of the Black Madonna (1912), designed by Josef Gočár, is the best surviving example of Czech Cubist architecture — a style unique to Bohemia that applied Cubist fragmentation not to paintings but to buildings. The facade is a grid of angular, crystalline surfaces that catch the light differently throughout the day.
Inside, the Czech Museum of Fine Arts maintains a permanent collection of Czech Cubism alongside temporary exhibitions. The building's Grand Café Orient on the first floor has been restored to its original 1912 design — a rare example of a Cubist interior, and a fine place for coffee and cake. The iron railing on the staircase is particularly good.