Title
Administrative building of the Tauber company in Bystřice pod Hostýnem
Date
1923: Construction
Authors
Bohuslav Fuchs
Code
Fuchs8
Type
Address
Tyršova 642, 768 61 Bystřice pod Hostýnem, Česko
GPS
49.39685, 17.670048

The administrative building of the Tauber factory was built in 1923. A year earlier, the local falconry, designed by Bohuslav Fuchs, was inaugurated in Bystřice pod Hostýnem. And it was this realization that brought the young graduate of Kotěr's studio additional clients in Bystřice pod Hostýnem. The first local clothing factory was founded by Pavel Tabuer in 1920. His business expanded and required the construction of an administrative building. The two-story building was designed with offices and operational spaces on the ground floor, which were effectively connected by an internal communication passage, while the production floor was connected by a staircase and elevator.

The artistic expression of the building is based on the color contrast of the brickwork and the vertical surfaces of light plaster. The cubic expression of the building is emphasized by the use of a flat roof on the entire building, which appears for the first time in Fuchs's work. The building is considered one of the first examples of Fuchs' architectural expression inspired by Dutch architecture, especially the Amsterdam school. With which the architect was well acquainted at this time, not only theoretically, but also through his study trips.

Pavel Tauber's collaboration with Bohuslav Fuchs continued in the following decades. The architect designed an extension for a laundry and ironing room (1925), a residential building with a business on Sokolská Street (1937), and storage spaces in the courtyard (1947). These later interventions already tended towards purer functionalism with smooth facades, strip windows, and simple volumes.

After the factory was nationalized after World War II, the entire complex was significantly rebuilt. The original architectural details were suppressed, the windows replaced, and the facades unified with plaster. Nevertheless, the basic spatial arrangement was preserved in the massing of the complex, which still reminds us of the importance of this building in the context of Czech interwar modern architecture .

Lucie Valdhansová

Literature

  • Zdeněk Kudělka. Bohuslav Fuchs. Praha, NČSVU, 1966, p. 23.

  • Iloš Crhonek. Architekt Bohuslav Fuchs. Brno, 1995, p. 15,16.

  • HORÁČKOVÁ, Martina. Architektura střední Moravy, 1918–1945: Přerov, Kroměříž, Bystřice pod Hostýnem, Holešov, Kojetín. Olomouc, Katedra dějin umění FF UP, 2004, Diplomová práce.

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