Ignác Šechtl and Josef Jindřich Šechtl: January: Villa “Bellaria”, Zbyněk Street

Ignác Šechtl and Josef Jindřich Šechtl

Architect Karel Rudolf in designing this small villa nearby Bechyně Gate in Tábor was perhaps inspired by the garden city movement promoted by Englishman Ebenezer Howard, who dreamed of suburban housing in harmony with nature and available to less affluent residents. But this house was certainly not for the less wealthy: in 1909 it cost 16,000 crowns, at a time when the average salary was around 25 crowns per week…