It is their integral craftsmanship, which is reflected not only in the architecture of the buildings in question, but also in the complete design of their interiors, including furnishings and collaboration with artists who create artworks directly for the needs of the house and place. This way of working, which we know from other artistic movements, is also applied in the above- mentioned styles to the architecture itself. We are talking here about a German term – the so-called Gesamtkunstwerk. The expression „total work of art“ can also be used.

During the summer school, we will not only encounter unique Czech buildings from all the above-mentioned periods, but also, and above all, works of art and applied art that were an integral part of these buildings. We will visit important works of Czech glassmakers and workshops where the craft of glassmaking is still maintained today, unique buildings with innovative technical details and places where unique building materials were used in their creation. We will see with our own eyes the result of the combination of names such as architect Karel Pragr and glassmakers Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová or, nowadays, Stanislav Fiala and Patrik Hábl.