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The Hus' House or Husův sbor is a Hussite church in Dykova Street in Prague 10. It was completed in 1935 as part of a multi-functional development by architect Pavel Janák in the constructivist style. The tall, six-storey minimalist tower and belfry carries a 700 kg copper chalice as a symbol of the Hussite Church. The tower was briefly used to create an alternative radio station during the Prague uprising in 1945. ==History== The Hus' House was built between 1930 and 1935 to architect Pavel Janák's constructivist design in Dykova Street in Prague 10〔 for a Hussite congregation. The land near the old water works had been purchased in 1925, and the Church commissioned Pavel Janek to create a novel design for the church.〔 Janek's first design in 1929 was accepted by the Church elders but rejected by the town planners. The following year's design included an apartment building, a theatre and a six-storey tower. By this time the symbolic foundation stone had been laid but work on the first real building did not start until 1 July 1932.〔 Janek had previous experience of pre-stressed concrete as he had worked on the church in Vršovice, which was built in 1930.〔(MANA Theatre presents ), husiti.cz, retrieved 14 November 2013〕 Fourteen months after this building was started the reinforced-concrete framed church held its first service and the building was delivered under budget.〔(Church of Jan Hus Congregation at Vinohrady ), stovezata.praha.eu, retrieved 12 November 2013〕 The six-storey tower is just under 35 metres high and the top three floors incorporate bells. The design includes spiral staircases for the first three floors, while upper floors have ladders for access.〔 The symbol of the Hussite Church, a copper chalice that weighs 700 kg and stands over two metres tall, was consecrated and installed on top of the tower in June 1933〔 in the "Celebration of the Goblet".〔 In 1938 the design was reworked by Jiri Jakub. He converted the space under the church that had been designed as a theatre into a columbarium where funeral urns could be stored.〔Kohout, M., Slapeta, V., & Templ, S., (''Prague 20th Century Architecture'' ) (Vienna and New York: Springer Verlag, 1999), (p. 103 ).〕 The tower was used between 7 and 9 May 1945 as an impromptu radio tower during the Prague uprising, when it sheltered Czech resistance fighters who were trying to evict the occupying German forces from the city.〔(The Prague Vitruvius ), PragueStory.com, retrieved 12 November 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hus' House (Vinohrady)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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