The House of the Čapek Brothers in Budislav will open to the public next year

Budislav (Svitavy) - The House of the Čapek Brothers in Budislav, Svitavy region, is expected to reopen to the public next year. It was closed last year due to its emergency state. The Pardubice regional authority will contribute to the completion of repairs. Martin Netolický, the regional governor (ČSSD), said this to ČTK today. The cottage was created at the end of the 1930s at the initiative of writer Karel Čapek.
This year, the region subsidized some repairs with one million crowns; the second phase of repairs will continue next year, and the regional authority should contribute the same amount to the renovations. The house has been a cultural monument since 2000 and is owned by the Czech Centre of the International PEN Club.
The club financed the cottage from the proceeds of the 16th Congress. Karel Čapek also contributed. The building was designed by Stanislav Tobek, who was a student of Josef Gočár. Tobek is the author of many gymnasiums, sports halls, and school buildings. The architect designed a two-story wooden cottage on a stone foundation with four protruding loggias.
"We would like to open the building to the public so that we can present Karel Čapek in a way that is not well known, for instance, through a thematic exhibition Karel Čapek - photographer," said the governor.
Since last year, the PEN Club has ensured repairs to the floors on the terraces, and the sewage piping was in an emergency state, as were the water and heating distributions. In the future, it will be necessary primarily to dry out the building, pump out water from the basements, and provide drainage piping for the property.