Villa Tugendhat is closed to the public as of the 1st of January 2010 due to monument renewal work. The building should be reopened for both the specialised and general public in March 2012. Visitors to our web pages may therefore view the structure via the Photo Gallery and the Virtual Tour of Villa Tugendhat on the web pages of the South Moravian Region.

The monument renewal work on Villa Tugendhat was initiated in January 2010. The building will undergo thorough restoration rehabilitation with the aim of preserving and conserving the original building substance and layout, including the construction details, materials and technical system. The renewal work will also involve the interiors and the garden. The Villa Tugendhat project is supported and financed from the Integrated Operational Programme. 

An International Expert Advisory Committee of Experts was established on the basis of a decision by the Brno City Council in order to ensure the expert supervision of the monument renewal of Villa Tugendhat in Brno. The chairman of this committee of specialists known as THICOM (Tugendhat House International Committee) is Prof. Ivo Hammer, while the honorary chairperson is Prof. Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat.

The process of the renewal of Villa Tugendhat can be observed in the chapter THE COURSE OF MONUMENT RENEWAL. There is related information and publications in the section SDC-VT.

One of the most celebrated villa structures in the world was designed for Grete and Fritz Tugendhat by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1928 and built by the Brno construction company of the brothers Artur and Mořic Eisler over the years 1929-1930. This house has impacted the history of architecture first and foremost due to the arrangement of the main living area, the steel supporting structure, rare exotic materials and remarkable use of new technologies. Villa Tugendhat presently ranks among the leading exemplars of classic Modern world architecture.  

After the Tugendhat family emigrated (1938) the Villa was confiscated by the Gestapo (1939). It became the property of the German Reich in 1942 . The house contained a private dancing school over the years 1945-1950 and consequently became the property of the state  (1950).  The building was used as a physical therapy institution for children with spinal handicaps over the years 1950-1979. The Villa has been the property of the City of Brno as of the year 1980. 

The first renewal and reconstruction work on Villa Tugendhat took place over the years 1981-1985; the building was used as a ceremonial locale for the city and the state up to  1992. The declaration for the dissolution of Czechoslovakia was signed here in August 1992. The Villa has been under the administration of the Brno City Museum as of July 1994 which made it accessible to the public serving as an installed monument of Modern architecture. Villa Tugendhat became a National Cultural Monument in August 1995 and was included on the UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage in December 2001.