Budova Old War Office, stoj\u00edc\u00ed hrd\u011b ve \u010dtvrti Whitehall v Lond\u00fdn\u011b, byla sv\u011bdkem stalet\u00ed britsk\u00fdch d\u011bjin. Od sv\u00e9ho vzniku jako s\u00eddlo arcibiskupa z Yorku ve 13. stolet\u00ed a\u017e po p\u0159em\u011bnu na Whitehallsk\u00fd pal\u00e1c Jind\u0159ichem VIII. bylo toto m\u00edsto \u00fast\u0159edn\u00edm bodem pro moc a vliv.<\/p>\n\n
Po ni\u010div\u00e9m po\u017e\u00e1ru v roce 1698 byl pal\u00e1c nahrazen aristokratick\u00fdmi domy, v\u010detn\u011b Winchester House, kter\u00fd se nakonec stal britsk\u00fdm v\u00e1le\u010dn\u00fdm \u00fa\u0159adem. Koncem 19. stolet\u00ed vl\u00e1da zadala v\u00fdstavbu nov\u00e9 budovy, aby vyhov\u011bla rostouc\u00edm pot\u0159eb\u00e1m sv\u00fdch vojensk\u00fdch v\u016fdc\u016f.<\/p>\n\n
Budova Old War Office, navr\u017een\u00e1 architektem Williamem Youngem, byla dokon\u010dena v roce 1906 a p\u0159edstavovala edvardovsk\u00fd barokn\u00ed styl. Jej\u00ed lichob\u011b\u017en\u00edkov\u00e1 struktura, oblo\u017een\u00e1 26 000 tunami portlandsk\u00e9ho kamene, ukr\u00fdvala p\u0159es 1 000 kancel\u00e1\u0159\u00ed propojen\u00fdch rozs\u00e1hlou s\u00edt\u00ed chodeb.<\/p>\n\n
Old War Office sehr\u00e1lo kl\u00ed\u010dovou \u00falohu v z\u00e1\u0159iv\u00e9 kari\u00e9\u0159e Winstona Churchilla. P\u016fsobil zde jako politick\u00fd \u0161\u00e9f kr\u00e1lovsk\u00e9ho n\u00e1mo\u0159nictva, ministr v\u00e1lky a p\u0159edseda vl\u00e1dy. B\u011bhem druh\u00e9 sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lky se budova stala nervem pro Churchilla a dal\u0161\u00ed vojensk\u00e9 v\u016fdce, v\u010detn\u011b T.E. Lawrence z Ar\u00e1bie.<\/p>\n\n
Old War Office m\u00e1 tak\u00e9 liter\u00e1rn\u00ed v\u00fdznam jako inspirace pro ikonick\u00e9 rom\u00e1ny o Jamesi Bondovi od Iana Fleminga. Fleming, b\u00fdval\u00fd d\u016fstojn\u00edk n\u00e1mo\u0159n\u00ed zpravodajsk\u00e9 slu\u017eby, vyu\u017eil sv\u00e9 zku\u0161enosti v budov\u011b k vytvo\u0159en\u00ed postavy fiktivn\u00edho tajn\u00e9ho agenta. N\u011bkolik film\u016f o Jamesi Bondovi bylo nato\u010deno p\u0159\u00edmo na m\u00edst\u011b, v\u010detn\u011b thrilleru Skyfall z roku 2012.<\/p>\n\n
Po osmi letech rozs\u00e1hl\u00fdch rekonstrukc\u00ed znovu otev\u0159el Old War Office sv\u00e9 br\u00e1ny jako luxusn\u00ed hotelov\u00fd a obytn\u00fd komplex nazvan\u00fd Raffles London at the OWO. Nemovitost m\u00e1 120 pokoj\u016f a apartm\u00e1, 85 rezidenc\u00ed, velk\u00fd plesov\u00fd s\u00e1l, l\u00e1zn\u011b, dev\u011bt restaurac\u00ed a t\u0159i bary.<\/p>\n\n
V\u00fdvoj\u00e1\u0159i pe\u010dliv\u011b zachovali bohatou historii budovy a z\u00e1rove\u0148 ji p\u0159em\u011bnili na modern\u00ed o\u00e1zu. P\u016fvodn\u00ed prvky, jako jsou dla\u017eebn\u00ed kostky, mozaikov\u00e9 podlahy a dubov\u00e9 panely, byly pe\u010dliv\u011b restaurov\u00e1ny. Gener\u00e1ln\u00ed \u0159editel hotelu Philippe Leboeuf zd\u016fraz\u0148uje, \u017ee \u201ed\u00e1v\u00e1 nov\u00fd \u017eivot budov\u011b, kter\u00e1 existuje od roku 1906\u201c.<\/p>\n\n
P\u0159em\u011bna Old War Office na hotel vyvolala debatu o zachov\u00e1n\u00ed historick\u00fdch budov. N\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee takov\u00e9 p\u0159em\u011bny sni\u017euj\u00ed v\u00fdznam t\u011bchto pam\u00e1tek. V\u00fdvoj\u00e1\u0159i v\u0161ak tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee soukrom\u00e9 investice jsou nezbytn\u00e9, aby se zabr\u00e1nilo ch\u00e1tr\u00e1n\u00ed t\u011bchto struktur.<\/p>\n\n
Projekt ilustruje v\u00fdzvy a v\u00fdhody p\u0159izp\u016fsoben\u00ed historick\u00fdch budov modern\u00edm \u00fa\u010del\u016fm. Spojen\u00edm star\u00e9ho s nov\u00fdm nab\u00edz\u00ed Raffles London at the OWO jedine\u010dn\u00fd a luxusn\u00ed z\u00e1\u017eitek a z\u00e1rove\u0148 chr\u00e1n\u00ed kus architektonick\u00e9ho d\u011bdictv\u00ed Lond\u00fdna.<\/p>\n\n
Host\u00e9 hotelu se mohou pono\u0159it do \u017eiv\u00e9ho okol\u00ed Whitehallu. S\u00eddlo britsk\u00e9ho premi\u00e9ra na adrese 10 Downing Street je jen kousek p\u011b\u0161ky. V bl\u00edzkosti se nach\u00e1z\u00ed tak\u00e9 Churchill War Rooms, kde Churchill a jeho kabinet \u010dinili b\u011bhem druh\u00e9 sv\u011btov\u00e9 v\u00e1lky z\u00e1sadn\u00ed rozhodnut\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
\u010ctvr\u0165 Whitehall nab\u00edz\u00ed celou \u0159adu kulturn\u00edch atrakc\u00ed, v\u010detn\u011b muze\u00ed, divadel a um\u011bleck\u00fdch galeri\u00ed. N\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edci se mohou pono\u0159it do britsk\u00e9 historie v Cabinet War Rooms nebo prozkoumat proslulou sb\u00edrku obraz\u016f v N\u00e1rodn\u00ed galerii.<\/p>\n\n
P\u0159em\u011bna lond\u00fdnsk\u00e9ho Old War Office na luxusn\u00ed hotel je d\u016fkazem trval\u00e9 odolnosti historick\u00fdch budov. Zachov\u00e1n\u00edm minulosti a p\u0159ijet\u00edm budoucnosti zaji\u0161\u0165uje Raffles London at the OWO, \u017ee tato ikonick\u00e1 pam\u00e1tka bude i nad\u00e1le ohromovat budouc\u00ed generace.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Historick\u00fd lond\u00fdnsk\u00fd Old War Office se znovu zrodil jako luxusn\u00ed hotel D\u011bdictv\u00ed historie Budova Old War Office, stoj\u00edc\u00ed hrd\u011b ve \u010dtvrti Whitehall v Lond\u00fdn\u011b, byla sv\u011bdkem stalet\u00ed britsk\u00fdch d\u011bjin. Od…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[297,1586,56,8631,22167,22168,16724,1783,3114,22169,9098,5837],"class_list":["post-16764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-architecture","tag-british-history","tag-world-war-ii","tag-historic-buildings","tag-hotel","tag-ian-fleming","tag-james-bond","tag-london","tag-luxury","tag-raffles","tag-renovation","tag-winston-churchill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16765,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764\/revisions\/16765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}