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"Electric houses" - architecture and equipment of progressive tenement houses in late 1930's in Prague
Dvořáková, Nikola Tora ; Biegel, Richard (advisor) ; Macek, Petr (referee)
The bachelor thesis is focused on the phenomenon of electric houses in Prague namely rental houses from the second half of 1930s. Their basic element is the omnipresent electric enegry which fundamentally changed the living conditions in the apartment houses. Electric houses architecture is based on the international style principles which blend the luxourious living standards located in the suburbs with more economical city apartments. Electric houses represent spectacular form of housing beside the contemporary trend of minimal residential units. These houses became one of the major Prague street components despite the excessive luxury and supposed uneconomical electric energy. They replaced the period of family houses in the suburbs. The thesis deals with the principles and terms connected to these electric houses presented on several different architectural projects.
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Architect Eugene Rosenberg - Works in Czechoslovakia
Ištok, Radoslav ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Kratochvíl, Petr (referee)
This graduate thesis deals with work of architect Eugene Rosenberg. Rosenberg, a Jewish architect of Slovak origin, made his career in inter-war Prague. He is connected mainly with luxurious apartment blocks in Letná but range of his work is richer. Through the apprenticeship at Le Corbusier's and Czech architects'ateliers of the first rank, Rosenberg got in touch with the art of architecture of the highest quality, which together with schooling under Josef Gočár left a deep trace in his own work. Rosenberg, despite his origin and character of his commissions, bacame an integral part of Czechoslovak avantgarde. The threat of Nazi invasion made him leave Czechoslovakia for United Kingdom, where he succesfully worked until his death.
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Not to demolish!
Guzdek, Adam
The railway station in Havirov was built in 1964-1969, designed by academic architect Josef Hrejsemnou. In terms of decoration, the architect cooperated with Vaclav Uruba, a brutalist sculptor who is the author of the concrete sculptures in front. Along with the railway station in Ostrava-Vitkovice and the main station in Ostrava, we can speak about a unique building of Brussels style, which is based on the Brussels World Expo 1958. The theme of the transport terminal in Havirov has been mentioned several times over the decades. The first time was before the construction of a new terminal building in the 1960s, when the establishment of a train-tram connecting Havirov with Ostrava was envisaged. More attention to the station was paid in the 1990s with the architectural and urban design competition to establish a transport terminal concentrating bus and train services in one place. The mismatch between CSD and CSAD fell into oblivion. All variants still respected that the building was built by architect Josef Hrejsemnou. So far in the terminal building, there was no reconstruction and according to the current state maintenance is performed by a systematic routine. Visual perception has become a major criterion for the evaluation of the technical condition and the owner of Czech Railways (Ceske drahy, a.s.) decided to demolish the existing large building and replace it with a smaller more energy efficient object.
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