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Bohuslav Fuchs (24 March 1895 in Všechovice – 18 September 1972 in Brno) was a
* Zemanova kavárna (Café Zeman), 1925
* ''Masná burza'' (Meat Exchange House), 1926
* Hotel Avion, 1927 -a small museum of his works open in the main reception area.
* Pavillons at the Brno Exhibition Ground, 1928
* Moravská banka, 1930, in cooperation with Arnošt Wiesner
* Vesna Professional Secondary School for Woman's Occupation, 1930, in cooperation with Josef Polášek
* Bathhouse in Zábrdovice, 1930
* Petrák Villa, 1936
* Post office, 1938
* Bus station in Benešova Street), 1949
* Various family houses
Information on archiweb.cz
Bohuslav Fuchs (24 March 1895 in Všechovice – 18 September 1972 in Brno) was a Czech
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modernist architect
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Life and career
A mason by education, Fuchs studied with Jan Kotěra at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague between 1916 and 1919, and then later worked in Kotěra's atelier for two years. After 1922, Fuchs resided in Brno, where he first worked at the city construction office and then later (from 1929) in his own atelier. Between 1947 and 1958, Fuchs was a professor of architecture at Brno University of Technology. He participated in several professional associations abroad (e. g. BritishRIBA
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). His projects, realized mainly in Brno, were predominantly influenced by functionalism.
Major works in Brno
* Zemanova kavárna (Café Zeman), 1925
* ''Masná burza'' (Meat Exchange House), 1926
* Hotel Avion, 1927 -a small museum of his works open in the main reception area.
* Pavillons at the Brno Exhibition Ground, 1928
* Moravská banka, 1930, in cooperation with Arnošt Wiesner
* Vesna Professional Secondary School for Woman's Occupation, 1930, in cooperation with Josef Polášek
* Bathhouse in Zábrdovice, 1930
* Petrák Villa, 1936
* Post office, 1938
* Bus station in Benešova Street), 1949
* Various family houses
References
Information on archiweb.cz
Further reading
* Emilia Terragni, Helen Thomas (2012): ''20th-century world architecture - Bohuslav Fuchs: Avion p. 499, Zábrdovice p. 461, Trenčianske Teplice p. 509''. Phaidon.Sources
http://www.bam.brno.cz/en/architect/2-bohuslav-fuchs 1895 births 1972 deaths People from Přerov District People from the Margraviate of Moravia Czech architects Functionalist architects Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni Herder Prize recipients {{CzechRepublic-architect-stub