Dancing House has new owner

The famous Dancing House in Prague has been sold to the real estate company Pražská správa nemovitostí, owned by the businessman Václav Skala. The building, which was designed by the Canadian-American architect Franck Gehry and the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić, has been on sale for several months. The amount for which it was purchased has not been released, but according to the financial daily E15, it was more than a quarter of a billion crowns. Currently the building is being used for office space, and houses a café and restaurant.