By way of example, one of the boutique hotels in the city is Hotel Josef, a Functionalist building

By way of example, one of the boutique hotels in the city is Hotel Josef, a Functionalist building where owners took a minimalist approach. It was redesigned inside and out by architect Eva Jiricina. Not antiques but contemporary and crisp design: glass and shades of white. Hotel Josef's Milena Findeis: "You can see it in the details, if it's design or not. It doesn't happen so often that the architect and the interior designer are the same person but we were lucky. I remember quite well one of the first conversations I had with Eva Jiricna: here we have a lot of white, but the reason is that if you are coming to Prague you see so many types of architecture your eyes need some time for recovery! You need a bit of quiet atmosphere which gives you new energy! It's difficult to describe but you can feel it because there is a harmony."