Prominent architect and city planner, co-author of the design for Collective House Litvínov.
Czech architect, painter, drawer, designer and prominent scenographer, who laid the foundations of Czech modern scenography.
Functionalist architect and designer of furniture, theoretician of architecture working in the interwar period.
One of the best known Brutalist buildings designed by architects Vladimír and Věra Machonin. The complex is the main venue of the International Film Festival Karlovy Vary.
One of the best works of Czech Cubism. The house and its interior, including the furniture, were designed by Josef Gočár.
One of the most distinguished Czech architects after the Second World War, founder of SIAL in Liberec, author of Ještěd television transmitter and hotel, holder of the Auguste Perret Prize.
A unique sacred building with a dominant bell tower, built for the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, designed in Constructivist style by distinguished Czech architect Pavel Janák.
Prominent Czech Cubist architect, city planner, designer and theoretician of architecture from the first half of the 20th century.
Modern sacred building from the first half of the 20th century, designed by Josef Gočár and regarded as one of the most successful Czech churches built in functionalist and constructivist style.
Prominent Czech architect and theoretician, one of the cofounders of Czech modernist architecture.
One of the most highly acclaimed buildings in the Czech Republic, a dominating feature and symbol of northern Bohemia. It was designed by architect Karel Hubáček and it won the prestigious Auguste Perret Prize.
Czech architect and university teacher, an important figure of Czechoslovak architecture, famous for his buildings for the Baťa company.
Modernist architect, city planner, designer and theoretician of architecture of international renown, who became the founder of Czech modernist architecture.
A department store at Náměstí Republiky in Prague, designed in Brutalist style by Vladimír and Věra Machonin.
A prominent architect from the beginning of the 20th century, whose name was unknown for a long time and whose projects, mostly built in the centre of Prague, were anonymous or attributed to other architects.
One of the most important representatives of Czech avant-garde, architect, designer and teacher, whose work foreshadowed the high-tech style in architecture.
A prominent representative of Czech modern architecture of the interwar and post-war periods. Apart from architecture, he also did design, scenography, painting, and taught as well.
One of a few female Czech architects in the interwar period, a successful designer of furniture and a journalist.
Chateau complex serving as a residence of the President, symbolising Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’s idea of the democratic republic.
An exceptional bank building in Prague, designed by architect Josef Gočár in Rondocubist style, now known as the Archa Palace. One of the most significant works of Czech architecture.
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