The new book guide presents Brno's functionalism

Brno - A new book publication will guide interested readers through the traces of the most famous period of Brno architecture, the interwar functionalism. The Czech-English guidebook Brno - Architecture 1918-1939 presents 127 well-known and overlooked buildings. In addition to textual information, the book also offers photographs, plans, and maps, as reported to journalists by the Architecture Centre, which published the book in cooperation with the Brno University of Technology.
The guide builds on two earlier volumes from the Architecture Centre, which presented the periods 1945 to 1990 and 1990 to 2008 in a similar format. However, the new book contains much more social and political context. "It is not only a selection and summary overview of the architecture of the mentioned period but also, thanks to the stories of individual houses or building complexes, including the stories of their authors, a contemporary fresco," said the book's editor, Renata Vrabelová.
A number of exceptional buildings were constructed in Brno between the world wars. Many of them exhibit features of functionalism. Architecture lovers from around the world come to see them. The most famous building is the Tugendhat Villa designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It is the only example of modern architecture in the Czech Republic that has made it onto the UNESCO World Heritage List. Other famous buildings in Brno have been left by architect Bohuslav Fuchs, among others.
The book offers information on 392 pages about such buildings as the current Supreme Court building, Masaryk's student dormitory, Zeman's café, the Centrum department store, the station post office, and St. Augustine's Church. "The buildings presented are generally well-known, but there are also many that have not yet been recorded in other specialist literature," said Vrabelová.