Bohuslav Fuchs

Bohuslav Fuchs (24 March 1895 – 18 September 1972) was a Czech modernist architect. He also worked as a university teacher and urban planner. He is considered one of the most important Czech architects of the 20th century. His work is primarily associated with the city of Brno.

Life and career

Bohuslav Fuchs was born on 24 March 1895 in Všechovice. He attended a school in Holešov and the civil engineering technical school in Brno. After school, he went to Prague to work as a bricklayer, but was soon accepted into the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, where he studied with Jan Kotěra between 1916 and 1919. In 1919–1921, he worked in Kotěra's atelier. In 1922, Fuchs moved back to Brno, where he married Drahomíra Střelcová in 1923. They had two children, a daughter and a son.

In Brno, Fuchs worked at the city construction office in 1923–1929, and 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. British RIBA). His projects, realized mainly in Brno, were predominantly influenced by functionalism. Most of his notable buildings are located in Brno, including:

Honours and legacy

In 1969, Fusch became a laureate of Herder Prize.

Hotel Avion in Brno, which is one of Fuchs' works, houses a museum of functionalism and life and work of Bohuslav Fuchs.

A street in Brno is named after Fuchs.

In 2025, to celebrate the 130th anniversary of Bohuslav Fuchs' birth, a life-size inflatable bust of Fuchs was created. The projects aim was to commemorate his legacy and influence on the modern look of Brno.

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