Buildings designed by Czech architects outside the borders of Czechia
Includes works by Czech architects or those born in what now is Czechia.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Genbaku Dome | Jan Letzel (born in Nachod, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire): "His most famous design was the huge administrative building of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hiroshima, now the Hiroshima Peace Memorial." (wiki) | |
Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans | Designed by Josef Hlavka (born Přeštice, Bohemia, Austrian Empire): "In 1860, the Religious Affairs Ministry issued a decree announcing a contest to select an architect for a new episcopal residence. The Czech architect Josef Hlávka was selected to develop the project" | |
Stoclet House | Designed by Josef Hoffmann, "an Austrian-Moravian architect and designer" (born in Moravia, then part of Austria-Hungary). | |
Vienna | Looshaus is the most prominent, but there are lots of others designed by Adolf Loos (born in Brno). |
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