About Karel Hubáček
Lived 1924 – 2011 (aged 87). Karel Hubáček was a Czech architect, university teacher, urban planner and teacher.
Karel Hubáček (; 23 February 1924 – 25 November 2011) was a Czech architect who designed the Ještěd Tower and hotel atop the Ještěd mountain near Liberec.
Hubáček's best known work was the Ještěd Tower, which was constructed between 1966 and 1973. In 2000, Czech architects named Hubáček's tower most successful domestic architectural work of the 20th century.
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.
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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Who was Karel Hubáček?
Czech architect (1924–2011)
When was Karel Hubáček born?
Karel Hubáček was born on 23 February 1924 in Prague.
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Karel Hubáček died on 25 November 2011 in Liberec.
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Karel Hubáček was an architect, university teacher, urban planner and teacher.
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Karel Hubáček was Czech.
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