THE ARCHITECTURE OF BEAUTY

If iconic buildings were flowers, what would they look like? This is the question Adela Strimbeanu from the wedding agency Holubica asks for the fourth time in her floral series for MILE magazine. She approaches arrangements from a different angle — through the lens of famous builders and their masterpieces. This time, she chose the world-renowned Villa Tugendhat (an iconic building located in the Czech city of Brno, Ed.) as her inspiration. This pearl was built between 1929 and 1930 for Greta Tugendhat and her husband Fritz, based on the design by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The villa’s history has been tumultuous, yet its exterior and interior still convey an incredibly positive and timeless impression today.

Architectural purity, airiness created by glass sections, and interiors furnished with modern and luxurious furniture. These are the elements you find in the functionalist villa, which is rightly inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The main inspiration for the floral arrangements was the interior of the villa’s centerpiece — the living room.

Within the villa’s spaces, we find various materials such as marble, mahogany wood, but also glass and metal. Textures that seem disparate at first glance harmonize perfectly, just like the elements of the installation featuring dark blooms and a magnificent modernist candelabra. The large marble surfaces defining the villa’s space gave rise to the second installation, with the working title “Shades of the onyx wall,” combining refined simplicity and light tones. Unfortunately, we were unable to photograph the current floral beauty directly inside the villa, so we ask you to engage your imagination and creativity. Just as the villa’s architect and our talented arranger did.
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