Karel Hubáček
Karel Hubáček (born February 24, 1924 in Prague ; † November 23, 2011 ) was a Czech architect , university professor and especially known for the design of the Ještěd television tower .
biography
After graduating from high school in Prague- Nusle in 1943 and forced labor in the German Reich until 1945, Hubáček studied architecture at the Technical University in Prague (ČVUT) and graduated in 1949. From 1951 to 1968 he worked for the project planning company Stavoprojekt in Liberec ; afterwards he became director of the architecture firm SIAL , which he founded in 1968 . In 1993 the ČVUT awarded him an honorary doctorate in technical sciences. From 1994 to 1997 he was the head of the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University in Liberec . In 1995 he completed his habilitation at the Prague School of Applied Arts (VŠUP) ; In addition, in 1995 he was teaching applied arts at Prague University.
Prices (selection)
- 1969: Auguste Perret Prize of the Union Internationale des Architectes for the Ještěd television tower
- 1989: Grand Prix of the International Architecture Biennale Interarch , Sofia
- 1994: Honorary Citizen of Liberec
- 1996: Herder Prize
- 1996: Grand Prix 95 of the Czech Association of Architects
- 2001: Czech Merit Medal, Class II
- 2005: Honor from the Czech Chamber of Architects for his life's work and his moral stubbornness
- 2006: Honored by the governor of the Liberec region
Works
- 1960: own family house, Liberec
- 1957–63: Cinema in Doksy ( Vlastislav Kolář and František Dvořák )
- 1965–73: Ještěd TV tower , Liberec
- 1972–77: water tower, Praha- Dívčí hrady ;
- 1973–79: Meteorological Tower, Prague-Libuš ;
- 1974–77: transmission tower in Aden , Yemen ;
- 1977–86: Culture house with concert hall, Teplice ;
- 1979: Ještěd shopping center , Liberec ;
- 1985–94: Reconstruction of Divadlo Husa na provázku , Brno (with Václav Králíček );
- 1996–99: Installation of a rehearsal stage in the DAMU Academy, Prague .
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Karel Hubáček in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- baunetz.de: Exhibition in Berlin about Karel Hubáček (May 12, 2006)
- Report on the 85th birthday of Karel Hubáček (Czech)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hubáček, Karel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 2011 |