Czechia abounds with abandoned buildings. Some are being given a second life, some are still waiting to be rediscovered. To see a database of empty premises, just visit the website about empty buildings operated by a team of enthusiasts who believe that “a standing building should not be empty. 

The present brought a growing respect for tradition. One of the fine examples is the glass “log house” of the Lasvit company in Nový Bor. The glassmaking company decided to renovate two original baroque log houses built in 1790. The area between the two reconstructed log houses became the site of a structure made of glass plates resembling roof tiles. The “glass house” follows the tradition of the original log houses as the headquarters of the glass producer.