Bohuslav Fuchs

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

Contents

• Evropsk architekt Bohuslav Fuchs trailer
• Major works in Brno
• References

A mason by education, Fuchs studied with Jan Kotěra at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague between 1916-1919, 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 1947-1958, 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 predominantly influenced 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

Vesna Professional Secondary School for Woman`s Occupation, 1930, in cooperation with Josef Polášek

Lázně v Zábrdovicích (bathouse in Zábrdovice), 1930

Petrák Villa, 1936

Nádražní pošta (post office), 1938

Autobusové nádraží na Benešově ulici (bus station in Beneš Street), 1949

various family houses