Machines for Living: Architects’ Houses in the Czech Lands
1890–1939 – Case Study of Vladimír Karfík’s Zlín House (1935)

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Machines for Living: Architects’ Houses in the Czech Lands 1890–1939 – Case Study of Vladimír Karfík’s Zlín House (1935)

JANÁČ, Petr

Základní údaje

Originální název

Machines for Living: Architects’ Houses in the Czech Lands 1890–1939 – Case Study of Vladimír Karfík’s Zlín House (1935)

Název česky

Stroje na bydlení: Vlastní domy architektů v českých zemích mezi lety 1890-1939 - případová studie domu Vladimíra Karfíka ve Zlíně (1935)

Autoři

JANÁČ, Petr

Vydání

Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 2025

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Vyžádané přednášky

Obor

60401 Arts, Art history

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

moderní architektura; česká architektura; funkcionalismus; avantgarda

Klíčová slova anglicky

modern architecture; Czech architecture; functionalism; avant guarde

Štítky

architektura, Courtauld, Karfík, PhD, přednáška, vlastní dům, Zlín

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 24. 6. 2025 00:16, Mgr. Ing. arch. Petr Janáč

Anotace

V originále

This presentation introduced my doctoral research on architects’ houses in the Czech lands between 1890 and 1939, focusing on their function as spaces of self-representation, experimentation, and ideological positioning. These houses, unconstrained by client demands, offered architects an opportunity to express personal architectural visions and respond to the broader cultural and political contexts of their time. After outlining the development of modern architecture in Central Europe, the second part of the talk focused on a detailed case study of the house of Vladimír Karfík, built in 1935 in Zlín. As chief architect for the Baťa company, Karfík operated within the constraints of a rationalized and standardized construction system. Yet his own house reveals significant departures from corporate norms, incorporating architectural elements linked to his international experience—particularly his work with Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. The house combines features such as sash windows, a corner window, and a covered porch with rationalist spatial planning and prefabricated construction. As such, it offers a unique perspective on the transfer and adaptation of architectural ideas across contexts and highlights the tension between industrial standardization and individual expression within interwar modernism.

Citovat

JANÁČ, Petr. Machines for Living: Architects’ Houses in the Czech Lands 1890–1939 – Case Study of Vladimír Karfík’s Zlín House (1935). In Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. 2025.

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JANÁČ, Petr. Machines for Living: Architects’ Houses in the Czech Lands 1890–1939 – Case Study of Vladimír Karfík’s Zlín House (1935). In \textit{Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London}. 2025.

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