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Karfík, Vladimír
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Karfík, Vladimír (1901–85). Czechoslovak Modernist architect. He worked for
Holabird & Root and F. L.
Wright in the USA (1926–9), became influenced by Le
Corbusier, and later became a member of
CIAM. Head of the Architecture Department of the Bat'a Company from 1930, he designed new settlements on the
Garden City principle at Zlín, Partizánske, and Otrokovice, but with the Modernist aesthetic well to the fore. Other designs for Bat'a included a hotel (1932) and 17-storey office-building in Zlín (1937–8—with a
reinforced-concrete frame influenced by his work in Chicago), department-stores in Brno (1930) and elsewhere, and housing at Belcamp, MD, and East Tilbury, Thurrock, Essex (1932–8). He designed the first prefabricated residential buildings in post-war Bratislava.
Bibliography
Bauforum, xvii/103 (1984), 21–31;
Les'nikowski (ed.) (1996);
van Vynckt (ed.) (1993)
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Thurrock
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Thurrock district (1991 pop. 124,300), 63 sq mi (163 sq km), Essex, SE...Tilbury , which has large docks that are part of the Port of London. Among Thurrock's industries, located along the Thames, are oil refining and the manufacture...
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Karfík, Vladimír
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...his work in Chicago), department-stores in Brno (1930) and elsewhere, and housing at Belcamp, MD, and East Tilbury, Thurrock, Essex (1932–8). He designed the first prefabricated residential buildings in post-war Bratislava. Bibliography...
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Tilbury
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tilbury , part of the urban district of Thurrock , Essex, E England. Tilbury Fort originated under Henry VIII; it was rebuilt and strengthened in the 17th cent. Queen Elizabeth...
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