Sir Prague brings Gothic drama and goddess imagery to the Czech capital

The Sir Hotels group has garnered a reputation for gentlemen’s club interiors, contemporary art, turntables in the bedrooms. Its latest opening, Sir Prague, heeds more closely to the Baroque façades and mythical heritage of the Czech capital. Its designer, Linda Boronkay, worked in references to Libuse, a pagan princess from the city’s founding family, bringing Gothic drama and goddess imagery to the 1884 neo-Renaissance building by the Vltava River.

Common areas have dark, elegant woodwork and Murano chandeliers, hand-embroidered textiles and intricate ironwork. But as the former design director of Soho House, Boronkay has also brought a balance of modernity to the spaces, celebrating the contrasts evident throughout the city. She sourced vintage Czech furnishings and commissioned local artisans to round out the collection. And she partnered with artist Jana Babincová, a champion of the Czech Cubist movement, to decorate each bedroom with contemporary nods to geometries and colours from a century ago. Bathrooms have graphic arrangements of hand-painted tiles to complement the pastel linens and rich wooden dressers.

A dining courtyard is shrouded with live greenery and a new Mediterranean restaurant called Seven North, run by chef Eyal Shani, operates from an adjacent sun-lit space.