Most lovers of Loetz glass do not seem to realize that its owners had a house designed for them by an eminent archichect who was also one of their glass designers.  The house still exists in Klostermühle, Czech Republic,and has been turned into an apartment complex where six families reside.  Therefore, ordinarily one does not go into the building. Luckily, from the outside it looks pretty much like it did in 1904, when it was built by Leopold Bauer.

The street where Villa Von Spaun is located was full of potholes filled with dirty  rain water, but we did not mind at all, for as soon as we entered it we noticed that several houses had their façades adorned with iridescent blue triangular  mosaics which we were sure had been made by Loetz.  A few moments later, we arrived at the house.  There were some people working on an apartment, perhaps cleaning it, and Eddy Scheepers asked them in German whether we could take pictures.  They indicated they did not mind--I am sure they had no idea of the historical and cultural significance of their dwelling-- so he went ahead.  But I balked at the idea of entering the building.

This is an early photograph of the house from 1904.  The outside decor is barely visible.
This is a frontal view of the house as it stands now.  You can see the cabochons, the triangular mosaics, and the entrance Loetz glass mural.  Eddy Scheepers recently pointed out to me that in the original there seems to be a protruding roof over the entrance with four rows of cabochons which carry over to the sides.The house as it stands now has lost it, and instead there is a flat wall with two rows of cabochons extending to the sides as well.
THE ORIGINAL HAD 32 FRONT AND 40 SIDE CABOCHONS.  TODAY, IT HAS A GRAND TOTAL OF 23!!!! 
A closer view of the entrance:
A left side view, showing a covered terrace:
And now for a closeup of the columns:


A closeup of a wall cabochon:
However, it is the entrance mural which will take your breath away. It has fallen into a sad state of disrepair. Since it is already on my home page, I am only covering details:




Villa Von Spaun deserves to be recognized as a national monument and turned into a Czech glass museum.  The Czech government has already sold another house built on the same street for a Von Spaun relative to a British entrepeneur who plans to renovate it --which involves extensive demolition--and turn it into a luxury hotel.
The Loetz factory, which was adjacent to Villa Von Spaun, was bought by Passau Museum owner Georg Höltl
and rebuilt at his Bavarian theme park at Tittling. Villa Von Spaun has already withstood the horrors which befell the Czech German-owned glass industry after WWII.  Let us hope someone recognizes its true value and preserves it for posterity.