Fred & Ginger

Last week, Drew and I spent the entire week road-tripping with his parents from Nürnberg to Prague, Salzburg, and Lucerne.  We were arriving late into Prague, and were trying hard to follow the GPS' directions when we happened upon this building by Frank Gehry and Czech architect Vlado Milunic.  

This very modern building adds excitement to a classic and linear city-scape.  It's movement inspires passion, creates a lively mood, and shows great creativity.  The design of the building was influenced by the famous dancing-pair, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from the 1930's.  Perhaps a hidden meaning since Prague was alive and dancing until the German Nazi occupation in the mid-1930's, and a modern symbol of a return to the city's most vibrant days.   

("Dancing House", www.wikipedia.com, 16.6.09)