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floor and the third level, as well as facilities to care for the residents' pets, dry cleaning facilities, and catering services. The ground floor of the complex will consist only of a reception desk and vertical cores. There is also to be a concierge in the lobby at all times and each apartment owner will have access to the tower's garages, where they can safely park their vehicles whilst on the premises. These garages are located underneath the complex, with 254 spaces across 3 floors. Additionally, there is a dedicated team of handymen working at the complex who cater to the needs of the residents. The individual apartments are all designed to be primarily sunlit and will open into the park area which surrounds the building. There are one to five bedrooms in each apartment and residents will have access to a children's room in the building.
324:– the masculine and the feminine. The building itself is constructed of glass walls which are designed so that they will reflect light from every angle, as opposed from being transparent. Glass partitions and sliding doors will be used inside the apartments to create the openness of which the "V" is symbolic. V Tower was designed by the award-winning architectural studio, Radan Hubička. The architectural studio has been successful in producing renowned designs for residential buildings and luxury apartments and, in 2005, the company won a competition to design the City Epoque Complex in Prague. This is now the location of V Tower, in addition to a four star
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pre-existing buildings. These high-rises are each of 109, 104, and 79 meters in height. Because of the high number of high-rises in the area, the plain has been dubbed the “Prague
Manhattan” as the skyline is becoming reminiscent of one which would be seen in New York. In addition to the other buildings which are also situated on the plain, V Tower will be close to a residential building, which is also yet to be built, but is planned to have a height of 108 metres.
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have been unwilling to disclose the cost of the most expensive apartments and luxury penthouses. The flats vary in their size with the smallest ones being 50 square meters and the largest being 380 square meters.
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reviewed their decision to construct the buildings. The plans for the buildings had to be revised due to this in order to try and resolve the issue. When development was taken over by Aceur
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is the only suitable location within the center of Prague which is suitable for the construction of high-rise flats. This was verified using a number of widely accepted architectural tests which date back many years. The tower is to be situated on Pankrác Plain and will be near three other
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