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Name
  
Karel Hubacek


Role
  
Architect

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Died
  
November 25, 2011, Liberec, Czech Republic

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Karel Hubáček ( [ˈkarɛl ˈɦubaːtʃɛk]; 23 February 1924 – 25 November 2011) was a Czech architect who designed the Ještěd Tower and hotel atop the Ještěd mountain near Liberec.

Karel Hubáček Zemel architekt Karel Hubek autor vyslae na Jetdu Tdencz

Hubáček's best known work was the Ještěd Tower, which was constructed between 1966 and 1973. In 1969, the Ještěd Tower received the Perret Prize from the International Union of Architects. In 2000, Czech architects named Hubáček's tower most successful domestic architectural work of the 20th Century.

Karel Hubáček Zemel architekt Hubek autor hotelu na Jetdu iDNEScz

In addition to the Ještěd Tower, Hubáček designed buildings throughout the Czech Republic. Czech architects named Hubáček the fourth most influential Czech architect of all time. He was the only living architect to place in the top ten in the same survey.

Karel Hubáček Zemel tvrce vyslae na Jetdu Hubek Novinkycz

Hubáček was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on 23 February 1924. He died in the Czech Republic on 25 November 2011, at the age of 87.

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Karel Hubáček Radio Prague Jetd celebrates 35th anniversary

References

Karel Hubáček Wikipedia