Tag: modern

Protection of Post-War Architectural Heritage in the Czech Republic

Issue: 2011, Volume 45, No. 1 - 2

The first modernist buildings in the Czech Republic received landmark status as early as the 1960s. Theoretical arguments in favour of protection of such relatively recent structures were first formulated in the volume Ochrana památek moderní architektury [Protection of Landmarks of Modern Architecture] published in 1970 by the Brno art historians Václav Richter and Zdeněk […]

Brno’s Villa Tugendhat: Eight Decades

Issue: 2012, Volume 46, No. 1 - 2

In March of 2012, after two years of restoration, the renowned Villa Tugendhat was opened once again to visitors. After over eight decades, it is now possible to see the house in the condition that it enjoyed shortly after its construction in 1930. Thanks to recent research findings regarding the wider context of its urban […]