The oldest facades were white with stucco decoration. Since the middle of the 20th century, Garnic has seen major building modifications, especially when it came to extending houses. Courtyard entries and living spaces were added and facades were reconstructed.
The window openings were slightly enlarged, the windows still had the traditional four sashes and were made of wood. The old shutters were mostly replaced by roller shutters made of thin wooden slats, which could be partially tilted. The courtyard gates were still traditional in appearance. They were solid, wooden, double-leafed and had decorative mouldings. The traditional classicist stucco ornaments were fully removed. The street facade was mainly decorated with continuous cornices placed horizontally below and above the windows, sometimes complemented by massive rectangular shapes in the area between the windows. The remaining areas of the facade up to the cornice remained unadorned. The area between the top cornice and the roof was heavily decorated. There were ventilation holes leading into the attic. This part of the facade was richly decorated with lozenges, triangles and other shapes. The circular vents also had metal ventilation grilles. These facades were mostly white with light blue or green highlighting some of the decorative elements.
Traditional decoration in new colours
In the 1970s, a new stage of reconstructions and modifications of the facades took place. The buildings have grown considerably over almost the entire width of the plot. They always had courtyard entries. Smaller adjacent buildings may also have been incorporated into the house. New features include large windows, metal gates with floral decoration, and brizolit, a type of plaster containing mica, which was popular in the Czech lands in the 20th century. The facades are decorated with horizontal bands and simplified floral patterns between the windows. The tradition of the distinctive decoration of the space above the top cornice and the roof continues. The decorations include floral shapes, diamonds, meanders and others. On these facades, bold and contrasting colours were used. Another popular way of decorating a facade involved different-coloured ceramic textured tiles, which create distinctly coloured bands and simpler geometric decors within them.
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Projekt byl podpořen z prostředků Ministerstva zahraničních věcí ČR v rámci projektů veřejné diplomacie.
