Vladimír Karfík

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Vladimír Karfík


Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering of SVŠT
Preceded by	Emanuel Hruška
Succeeded by	Ján Svetlík
In office 1956–1958

Personal details
Born	26 October 1901 Idrija, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia)
Died	6 June 1996 Brno, Czech Republic
Alma mater	Faculty of Architecture of Czech Technical University in Prague
Occupation	architect, university professor

Vladimir Karfík (26 October 1901 – 6 June 1996) was a Czech modernist architect and university professor. His life, professional career and his work reflected changes characteristic for the 20th century.

Career

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Karfík cooperated with many famous creators of the modern architecture all over the world. His architecture from in all periods of his life is very understandable and universal. The most important part of it was represented by function, construction, economy and beauty. Among other works, he designed Baťa's Skyscrape in Zlín. Karfík was one of a number of Czech architects to design the "Bata houses" and Bata shoe factory at East Tilbury, England.^[1]^[2]