Zdeněk Fránek

Zdeněk Fránek (born 26 August 1961 in Boskovice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech architect and dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Technical University of Liberec.[1] Fránek designs, publishes and teaches in the Czech Republic and abroad. He has given lectures for students and professionals at universities in the Czech Republic (AVU, VŠUP, ČVUT, KU, VUT Brno, V3B Ostrava, UTB Zlín etc.), Gent, Utrecht, Hildesheim, New Delhi and elsewhere.

Studies

1980–1985 Faculty of architecture, Technical University of Brno, Czechoslovakia

Professional experience

1986-89 - Departement of Chief Architect of the City of Blansko, 1989 - Zdeněk Fránek architect & associates company was established, 1994-1996 - guest lecturer at Faculty of Architecture, Brno University of Technology, 2008-2009 - teacher at Technical University of Ostrava, 2011-2012 - teacher at Architectural Institute In Prague, from 2006 - teacher at Technical University in Liberec, 2008 - habilitation at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, 2011 - professor at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, from 2012 - dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Technical University in Liberec

Exhibitions

Perspectives, Jaroslav Frágner Gallery in Prague (2007),[2] Bowels of Architecture, Brno House of Arts (2011-2012), CCC Gallery, Beijing (2012), KILL YOUR IDOL (Zabij svého Fuchse) - Psychoanalysis of Contemporary Architecture of the City of Brno - 4AM Brno 2011, Czech and Slovak pavillon at the 13. International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia 2012,[3] Kunstverein Leipzig 2013[4] Other independent exhibitions in the following towns: Boskovice, Blansko, Zlín, Pelhřimov, Gent, Utrecht, Hildesheim, Vienna.

In 2016 Fránek executed one of the late artist Jan Kubíček's designs for a large object, which was then installed and unveiled as a Kubíček memorial at a public park in Kubíček's birthplace, Kolín, opposite the city's Jan Hus memorial.[5][6][7]

Projects

Family House on Červený kopec (Red Hill – Brno), design 1998, completion 1998–2004
House with a Studio in Kamenná Street Brno, multifunctional house, design 1997–1998, completion 1999–2005
House of Prayer for Czech Brethren in Litomyšl, church, design 2007, project 2008–2009
House of Prayer for Czech Brethren in Prague, church, design 2007, project 2008-2009
Gymnasium in Jaroměřice, civic building, design 2003, completion 2004
Chateau in Velké Opatovice – building implementation, Velké Opatovice, civic building, design 1998, completion 1992–2007
Czech China Center, gallery, design, 2010, completion 2011-2012/13
Chateau Kačina – interiors and exhibition space, Kačina, civic building, design 2007–2008, project 2008, completion 2010
Mixed-use House Eucon, Prague, multifunctional house, design 2002, completion 2003–2005
Family House in Ráječko, design 2007, completion 2008–2009
Family House in Plzeň / Family House Kriegerbeck in Plzeň, design 2006, completion 2008
Family House in Prague / Concrete House, Prague, design 2000, completion 2005
Vila beneath Chochola Brno, family house, design 2003, completion 2004–2006
Family House in Hodonín, design 1994, completion 1995–1998
Imposing Pavilion Vítkovice, Ostrava, civic building, design 2007, project 2007–2009, realization 2010
Energy Exchange No. 6 Ostrava – Vítkovice, reconstruction, design 2010, project 2010
The Invisible Tower in Litomyšl town, design 2012, completion 2012

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fua.tul.cz/en/
  2. ↑ Zdeněk Fránek, Perspektivy/Perspectives, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-239-9354-7
  3. ↑ http://www.forum4am.cz/?p=3749&lang=en
  4. ↑ http://www.kunstvereinleipzig.de/
  5. ↑ Červín, J., "Známý český malíř Jan Kubíček se posmrtně dočká realizace svého návrhu na Husově náměstí v rodném Kolíně", Kolínský PRES, Feb 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ Anon., "Slavnostní odhalení vize výtvarníka Jana Kubíčka v Kolíně", archiweb, Jul 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ Benák, J., "Obrazem: V Kolíně odhalili první sochu světoznámého výtvarníka Kubíčka", iRegiony, Jul 28, 2016.

Sources

Zdeněk Fránek, Stavby/Buildings, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-239-9354-7
http://archiweb.cz/architects.php?action=show&type=arch&id=646
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