Bohuslav Fuchs

Bohuslav Fuchs (24 March 1895 in Všechovice – 18 September 1972 in Brno) was a Czech modernist architect.

A mason by education, he studied at Academy of Arts in Prague in 1916-1919 by Jan Kotěra and then he worked in Kotěra's atelier for two years. From 1922 he resided in Brno, where he worked at city construction office and later (from 1929) in his own atelier. In 1947-1958 Fuchs was a professor of architecture at Brno University of Technology. He participated in several professional associations abroad (e. g. British RIBA). His projects, realized mainly in Brno, were influenced predominantly by functionalism.

Major works in Brno

* Zemanova kavárna (Café Zeman), 1925
* Masná burza (Meat Exchange House), 1926
* Hotel Avion, 1927
* pavilony na Výstavišti (pavillons at the Brno Exhibition Ground), 1928
* Moravská banka, 1930, in cooperation with Arnošt Wiesner
* Lázně v Zábrdovicích (bathouse in Zábrdovice), 1930
* Nádražní pošta (post office), 1938
* Autobusové nádraží na Benešově ulici (bus station in Beneš Street), 1949
* various family houses

References

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