Villa Muller was designed by Adolf Loos in 1930. It is located in Prague, Czech Repbluic and was designed for Mr Frantiske Muller and his wife Milada Muller.
The house is a prime example of Loos' philopshy of "Raumplan" which can be understood through Loos' own understanding of functionality and economy.
"My architecture is not concieved in plans, but in spaces (cubes). I do not design floor plans, facades, sections. I design spaces. For me, there is no ground floor, first floor etc...For me, there are only contiguous, continual spaces, rooms, anterooms, terraces, etc. Storeys merge and spaces relate to each other. Every space reqwuires a different height: the dining room is surely higher than the pantry, thus the ceilings are set at different levels. To join these spaces in such a way that the rise and rall are not only unobservable but also practical, in this I see what is for others the great secret, although it is for me a great matter of course...it is just this spatial interaction and spatial austerity that thus far I have best been able to realise in Mr Muller's house."
- Adolf Loos
There is a great contrast between the level of ornamentation of the exterior and the interior of Villa Muller. Loos believed that the exterior was to appear more austere so as to keep the public outside, and the private interior spaces were to be more richly in order to create private, yet welcoming spaces for the occupants. This belief of Loos' continues into the way in which the windows have been designed. They become larger towards the interior of the house so as to limit the amount that people outside can look in and see but still to maximise views for the occupants of the house.
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