Vladimír Fischer

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Vladimír Fischer (born July 4, 1870 in Fryšták , Moravia; † October 28, 1947 in Brno ) was a Czech architect , professor at the Czech Technical University in Brno and its rector from 1931–1932.

Life

Town hall in Tišnov
New town hall in Ostrau
Church of St. Augustine in Brno

Fischer's father, Anton Fischer, was a builder who had his own company in Fryšták and later Holešov. From 1887 to 1893, Vladimír Fischer studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague . Between 1894 and 1898 he gained practical experience with Emil von Förster , Hermann Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner the Younger in Vienna . From 1901 to 1918 he worked in the National Technical Service in the governor's office in Brno, Moravia. He became the supreme councilor and head of the construction department in the regional administration in Brno (1918–1923). From 1923 to 1939 he worked as a professor at the Czech Technical University in Brno, from 1924 to 1925 and 1935 to 1936 he was Vice-Rector for Architecture and Building and 1931–1932 Rector of the whole school. He worked as a curator for the Brno District from 1939 to 1941.

Selected structures

  • 1900–1901: Fryšták Town Hall
  • 1900–1906: Reconstruction of the Prostejov castle
  • 1902–1903: Secondary school in Brno, Antoninska street
  • 1903–1906: Augustinian house in Luhačovice
  • 1903: General and middle school in Tišnov
  • 1905–1906: Town Hall in Tišnov
  • 1906: Hotel To the Three Kings in Prostejov
  • 1906–1910: Archbishop's residence in Olomouc
  • 1907: General and middle school in Slavkov u Brna
  • 1908: Tax office in Olomouc
  • 1910: Swedish house in Brno, Smetanova street
  • 1910–1911: School in Veverská Bítýška
  • around 1910: tenement houses in Brno, Merhautova, Štefánikova, Smetanova, Botanicka and Cihlářska
  • 1911: General and middle school in Holešov
  • 1912: J. Stava tenement house in Prostějov
  • 1913–1915: Cyril and Methodius union in Brno
  • 1915: Military Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Königsfeld ( rebuilt in Oslnovice 1993–1995 )
  • 1920: Brewery in Brno, Czech street
  • 1922–1923: Reconstruction of the Church of St. Bartholomew in Brno-Žebětín
  • 1923–1925: St. John Nepomuk Church in Brno-Lískovec
  • 1924: Student residence on Martyrs Street in Brno
  • 1924–1930: New town hall in Ostrau
  • 1925–1926: Machine and Technology Pavilion of the Czech Technical University in Brno, Veveri Street
  • 1924–1925, 1930: Cyrilek monastery with institute for mentally handicapped children in Brno, Lerchová street
  • 1928: K. Vagner office building in Brno, Czech street
  • 1930–1933: Accident hospital in Brno, Ponávka Street (with Karl Hugo Kepka)
  • 1930–1935: Church of St. Augustine in Brno, náměstí Míru
  • 1931–1934: Oncological Clinic (House of Consolation) Gelber Berg in Brno (with Bedřich Rozehnal )
  • 1935: Girls' school in Brno, Lerchová street

Web links and sources

  • Prof. Ing. Vladimír Fischer, short biography on www.brna.cz
  • BAM Brno Brněnský architektonický manuál
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Vladimír
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech architect
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Fryšták , Moravia
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1947
Place of death Brno