František Lydie Gahura

František Lýdie Gahura (October 10, 1891 in Zlín – September 15, 1958 in Brno) was a Czech architect and sculptor who became famous for his collaboration on the architectural and urban design of Zlín, a city in southeastern Czech Republic. He worked for the Bata Shoes organization in the 1920s and 1930s. Gahura was one of a number of Czech architects to design the "Bata houses" and Bata shoe factory at East Tilbury, Essex, England. The most impressive architectural work of František Lydie Gahura is Thomas Bata Memorial. The building process started in 1932 and the monument was open with ceremony on the day of the first anniversary of Tomas Bata death that is on July 12, 1933. It is the most valuable building of the Zlín functionalism.[1][2][3]

City Hall in Zlín from 1923 designed by Gahura.
Tomas Bata Memorial (Zlín) from 1933

Works
  • City Hall, Zlín (1923)
  • Baťa Hospital, Zlín (1926-1930)
  • Church, Míškovice (1922–1927)
  • Chapel, Kudlov (1927)
  • Villa Jan Antonin Bata, Zlín (1927)
  • Masaryk Schools, Zlín (1927-1928)
  • Baťa Service House, Prague (1928-1929)
  • Forest cemetery, Zlín (1931)
  • Department store, Zlín (1931)
  • Grand Cinema, Zlín (1931)
  • Tomas Bata Memorial, Zlín (1933)

References
  1. Rose, Steve (2006-06-19). "Steve Rose: on East Tilbury the most Modern town in Britain". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. Burrows, Tim (2016-09-08). "The town that Bata built: a modernist marvel on the marshes of Essex". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  3. "Homepage". The Memorial reconstruction. Retrieved 2019-09-25.


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