Kajetán and Marie Malnati's villa

The villa located at Telečská 13 was designed by Kajetán Malnati, the Jihlava town builder from 1901–1913, for himself and his family. He created the project in 1908, and its official approval for use followed a year later. It is a three-storey building on an irregular floor plan, with a distinctive hipped roof and a roof turret. Thanks to its massive roof, as well as its dormers, loggias on the upper floors, and stone-lined parterre, the villa can be classified as one of the romantic English-style villas that were very popular at the beginning of the 20th century. The internal layout of the house corresponds to this trend – its ground floor was dedicated to technical areas and the individual living rooms were located on the upper floors. They were entered from a central hall with a staircase.

The city builder's impressive villa was supposed to be part of the planned office quarter, whose urban concept, however, was ultimately not successfully completed. For this reason, and also as a result of the later demolition of the smaller residential area that was located next to the villa at the time of its construction, the current urban situation of the building is somewhat unfortunate. There are now ground-floor garages and an electrical substation in its immediate vicinity, and tall prefab concrete buildings further west. In this context, the villa appears somewhat unanchored and does not have the dignified position it deserves.

Kajetán Malnati, together with his wife, Marie, and children Josef, Marie, and Johanna, occupied the villa for a relatively short time. In 1915, he died suddenly and the family apparently could not afford to keep the villa any longer. In July 1916, the builder's wife, Marie Malnati, is already reported as residing at a different address. In 1932, Antonín Pekárek is listed as the inhabitant of the house, and he had an extension built to the eastern part of the building which served as a cellar. In the mid-1930s, the villa's next owners, Karel and Leopoldina Grün, had the villa fenced off. It underwent major structural changes after the Second World War when the State Veterinary Institute (Státní veterinární ústav) took possession of it. The villa was adapted to meet its needs from 1947–1948 on the basis of plans by the Jihlava builder Jan Dintar. The attic of the house was extended and the main frontage facing Telečská Street changed significantly – the loggia on the first floor was walled up, and the dormer on the second floor was replaced with a wide gable with two pairs of windows. Several specialised laboratories, offices, and a small flat on the ground floor were set up in the former villa.

Later, the building was used by the Jihlava School of Services (Škola služeb) and was rebuilt again to meet schooling needs. From 2020–2021, the villa was renovated according to the project drawn up by the AJV Studio in Jihlava. The new owner, EK Partners, had office space created in the interior and the house got a new grey façade, in line with its original appearance.

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