An example of postmodern and brutalist architecture, it was designed by architects Jaroslav Paroubek, Arnošt Navrátil, Radek Černý, and Jan Sedláček.

[1] The hotel featured 136 guest rooms, all of which had views of Prague Castle; as well as a swimming pool with ceramic tiles, a winter garden, a movie theater, and a bowling alley.

[8] In 2013, Hotel Praha was acquired by billionaire Petr Kellner, founder and majority shareholder of the PPF Group.

He decided to demolish the hotel in order to build a campus of Open Gate, a private school he had founded, on the land.

[9] The decision to demolish was controversial and met with protests, as some Prague residents considered it a historical and architectural landmark worth preserving.