Irena Murray Žantovská: Fuchs and the Czech Interwar Trace in RIBA

Bohuslav Fuchs is one of the most well-known Czech architects of the 20th century abroad. An architect, urban planner, theorist, artist, and teacher, who is indelibly connected with Brno functionalism, began his career studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under Jan Kotěra, where he later also worked in his studio. In 1922, Fuchs permanently settled in Brno, where he worked as a staff member of the city building office from 1923. From 1938 to 1940, he was a professor at the Applied Arts School in Zlín, and from 1945 to 1958, he served as a lecturer at the Brno University of Technology, where he was appointed professor in 1947. Bohuslav Fuchs was a member of several professional organizations, such as SVU Mánes, a corresponding member of RIBA in London, a permanent delegate of CIAM, and an honorary vice president of IFHP. In 1968, he was appointed a national artist.

Dr. Irena Murray Žantovská - historian, former director of the British Architectural Library of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and all collections of the Royal Institute. Currently serving as a Research Fellow. In 2014, she was appointed Honorary Fellow RIBA (HonFRIBA) for her contributions to the international development and interpretation of architectural collections. Previously served as a lecturer and chief curator of architecture collections at McGill University in Montreal.