The dancing house is a building in Prague. I first noticed the dancing house as almost all the building around Prague either show extravagant period features or a more simple modern touch. However this build stuck out, but in a good way.
The house was made after the bank ING gave Frank Gehry an almost unlimited budget to produce an icon. It is apparently based on a man and a woman dancing, which can be seen within the buildings forms.
For me the thing that makes this building so special is how innovative it is. At the time is was made in 1996 is crated a lot of debate, people said it was too radical and didn't seem iconic however the aim in design is to preserve with your work if you feel it is something special, and so after 12 years the building is now considered an icon. I love the idea of deconstructionist architecture, the building looks almost as if its been twisted and sucked into its middle, also the idea of building or creating something to look like its falling apart or its unstable is a very interesting idea that could apply to my own design work.
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