RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
EVROPAN ADOLF LOOS. NEJEN BRNĚNSKÉ STOPY / EUROPEAN ADOLF LOOS. HIS LEGACY IN BRNO AND BEYOND
On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Adolf Loos, the Brno City Museum, in cooperation with the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Brno University of Technology, published a representative publication Evropan Adolf Loos. Nejen brněnské stopy / Adolf Loos, European. His Legacy in Brno and Beyond at the... read more
VIZE MODERNOSTI / VISIONS OF MODERNITY. RUDOLF SANDALO (1899–1980)
In 2018, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia, Brno City Museum’s Department of History of Architecture organized a representative exhibition of the photographic work of Rudolf Sandalo titled Vize modernosti / Visions of Modernity. Rudolf Sandalo (1899–1980). The exhibition was... read more
MANY GATES LEAD TO THE REALM OF ART
In honour of Professor Jan Sedlák on what would have been his 75th birthday At the end of 2018, VUTIUM, the publishing house of the Brno University of Technology, produced a book dedicated to Jan Sedlák, in cooperation with the National Monument Institute branch in Brno and the Brno City Museum. Brno Art... read more
MIES IN BRNO. VILLA TUGENDHAT. Second expanded edition
The Monograph MIES IN BRNO. THE TUGENDHAT HOUSE was first published in December 2012 (in Czech) as the first publication of a book series by the Villa Tugendhat Study and Documentation Centre; in July 2013 it was also published in English. Its name loosely links to the generous publishing projects mapping the works... read more
NOVÝ DŮM BRNO / NEW HOUSE BRNO / 1928
In 1928, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s independence, the Exhibition of Contemporary Culture was held on Brno’s newly constructed fairgrounds. This exhibition also included an exhibition of modern housing in the form of the New House estate – sixteen family homes built by the Wilson Woods... read more
VILLA TUGENDHAT. ZAHRADA / THE GARDEN
The garden of Villa Tugendhat is more than just the building’s distinctive natural framework – it is literally one with it, joined with the house through interior and exterior architectural elements to form a single unique complex that is a UNESCO heritage site. The site’s genius loci, with its beautiful views of the... read more
RUDOLF SANDALO. VILLA TUGENDHAT. 1931
Brno City Museum is one of the Czech Republic’s oldest museums with an architecture collection. Among other things, the museum’s files on interwar architecture contain original plans and photographic documentation related to Villa Tugendhat. In 2012, this set of plans and photographs was further expanded by... read more
VILLA TUGENDHAT. 1980-1985
The first restoration and renovation of the Tugendhat House took place at the beginning of the 1980s. The impetus for the preservation of the then already derelict building was provided by the architect Josef Němec, the director of the State Institute for the Renovation of Historic Towns and Listed Buildings... read more
MILOŠ BUDÍK. VILLA TUGENDHAT. 1956
At the beginning of 1956 Miloš Budík entered a seemingly inconspicuous, somewhat unusual house at 45 Černopolní Street in Brno with camera in hand. He had been dispatched to this address by the editorial room of the Brno daily Rovnost, with whom he was working at the time as a photographer. He never dreamed that... read more
WEISSENHOF AND NOVÝ DŮM HOUSING ESTATES - INSPIRATION ALSO FOR THE VILLA TUGENDHAT?
Dagmar Černoušková, Iveta Černá, Stuttgart 1927 – Brno 1928 / Weissenhof and Nový dům housing estates. Inspiration also for the Villa Tugendhat? In: Radana Červená (ed.), ARCHIVUM AMICUS HISTORICI EST. A Bulleting on the occasion of Hana Jordánková’s jubilee; Brno: Archiv města Brna 2015, s. 506–599 In 1927... read more
Tugendhat House. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Built and designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1928–1930, the Tugendhat House in Brno/Czech Republic is one of the most significant buildings of European modernism. In 2001, UNESCO added the house to the List of World Cultural Heritage Sites. Building on the book published by Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat and Wolf Tegethoff... read more
GRETE TUGENDHAT. FRANTIŠEK KALIVODA. BRNO 1968-1969
Forty-five years ago an exhibition of the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was held in the Brno House of Arts. That singular cultural event was associated above all with two people: Grete Tugendhat and František Kalivoda. In 2013 we were commemorating the birthdays of both of them: Grete Tugendhat was born 110 years... read more
TORSO - A WORK OF ART IN VILLA TUGENDHAT
On the occasion of the WILHELM LEHMBRUCK (1881–1919) RETROSPECTIVE exhibition, held in the Brno House of Arts from 11 September until 10 November 2013, the Study and Documentation Centre in Villa Tugendhat prepared a new publication titled TORSO. A Work of Art in Villa Tugendhat. The third publication in the editorial... read more
ICONIC DETAILS - VILLA TUGENDHAT
Villa Tugendhat in Brno by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is now famous as one of world architecture’s outstanding 20th century villas. But at the same time, the Tugendhat Villa is synonymous today with a great number of iconic elements, details and materials. In particular, some items of metal furniture designed specifically... read more
MIES IN BRNO, THE TUGENDHAT HOUSE
Mies in Brno. The Tugendhat House monograph is the first comprehensive work on the history of the world-famous icon of modern architecture, from its inception to renewal and restoration in 2010–2012. It was published in late 2012 as the first publication from the book series by the Study and Documentation Centre in... read more
VILLA TUGENDHAT, THE FACADE OF AN ICON
Villa Tugendhat, “an icon” of Modern architecture, is the work of the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Having been completed more than eighty years ago, it is also a monument and has consequently gone through a great deal. It did not become an icon overnight despite the fact that discussions regarding its merits... read more
Eight Decades of a Modern Residence
Dagmar Černoušková, Brno's Villa Tugendhat: Eight Decades of a Modern Residence, Journal of Architectural and Town-planning Theory, Volume XLVI, 2012, Number 1-2, pp. 24-51 You can download the article here. The article maps out the more than eight decades of history of Villa Tugendhat. The author of the Villa... read more
INTERNAL PLASTERING AND PAINT WORK
Pavlína Klazarová, Villa Tugendhat is open after renewal and restoration, SPEKTRA (paint materials, heating and facade systems), year 12, no. 4, 2012, pp. 24-26. You can download the article here. The article discusses the adaptations to the internal plastering and paint work in Villa Tugendhat. It provides brief... read more
Villa Tugendhat is once again close to the original
Dagmar Černoušková, Alena Štěpánková, Marek Navrátil, Villa Tugendhat is once again close to the original, BRNO BUSINESS & STYLE, roč. 20, č. 1, 2012, s. 4-7, 86; www.iBrno.cz The article can be downloaded here. In 2010–2012 villa Tugendhat underwent its second renovation (the first renovation was carried... read more
The DLW Floor Covering
Pavlína Klazarová, The Celebrated Villa Tugendhat Is Open Once Again After Renewal Work as of March, DOMO (the floor materials and systems; the parquet and wood floors), year 16, no. 2, 2012, pp. 26-28. The article can be downloaded on the Czech version of our web pages. The remains of the original Deutsche Linoleum... read more
VILA TUGENDHAT AND THE BARCELONA PAVILION
Martina Hrabová, Gramatika krásy. Práce Ludwiga Miese van der Rohe pro Brno a Barcelonu (The Grammar of Beauty. The Work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Brno and Barcelona), ARCHITEKT, volume. LVII, no. 1, 2012, pp. 58-67. You can download the article here. This article examines two projects by Ludwig Mies van der... read more
THE GENIUS LOCI OF THE SLOPE ABOVE LUŽÁNKY PARK
Dagmar Černoušková, The genius loci of the slope above Lužánky Park.On the first “villa estate” in Brno. In: 67 bulletin Moravské galerie v Brně (Bulletin of the Moravian Gallery in Brno), 2011, pp. 70-79 At the beginning of the 1860s the first villa colony — a housing estate with detached houses for the wealthy —... read more
THE HOUSE OF GRETA AND FRITZ TUGENDHAT IN BRNO
Iveta Černá, The house of Greta and Fritz Tugendhat in Brno. In: 67 bulletin Moravské galerie v Brně (Bulletin of the Moravian Gallery in Brno), 2011, pp. 80-91 Between 1929-1930 the husband and wife Greta and Fritz Tugendhat had a house built in Brno to a design by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The house became famous... read more
THE VILLA TUGENDHAT DURING THE COURSE OF MONUMENT RENOVATION WORK
Iveta Černá – Dagmar Černoušková – Ivan Wahla – Milan Žáček – David Židlický, The Villa Tugendhat during the Course of Monument Renovation Work, Průzkumy památek, roč. XVIII, 1/2011, s. 195-202 The Study and Documentation Centre was established in the Villa Tugendhat in 2005; the famous villa has been under the operative... read more
A contribution by Martina Hrabová
A contribution at the conference „MIES NEU DENKEN – RETHINKING MIES“ by Martina Hrabová presents the person of Mies van der Rohe in the light of the most recent research developments and within the context of contemporary architecture production. The article can be downloaded on the Czech version of our web... read more
THE ARNOLD VILLA AND THE FIRST VILLA COLONY NAD LUŽÁNKAMI
Dagmar Černoušková, The Arnold Villa above Lužánky Park. On the First Villa Colony in Brno. In: Jana Čermáková, Radana Červená, Hana Jordánková, Irena Loskotová, Jitka Šibíčková (eds.), AND IN GENERAL… The Classified Collection for Milena Flodrová on her 75th Birthday, Brno: the Statutory City of Brno and Brno City... read more
FRITZ LÖW-BEER AS A COLLECTOR OF ASIAN ART
Dagmar Černoušková - Iveta Černá, Not Seeing the Trees Because of the Forest. The Other World of the Collector Fritz Löw-Beer. In: Jiří Kroupa, Michaela Šeferisová Loudová, Lubomír Konečný (eds.), ORBIS ARTIUM. On the Anniversary of Lubomír Slavíček, Brno: Masarykova univerzita 2009, pp. 755-765Fritz Löw-Beer (1906-1976)... read more
THE ARCHITECT FRANTIŠEK KALIVODA AND THE TUGENDHAT VILLA 'CAUSE'
THE ARCHITECT FRANTIŠEK KALIVODA AND THE TUGENDHAT VILLA 'CAUSE'Dagmar Černoušková – Jindřich Chatrný, The Architect František Kalivoda and the Villa Tugendhat “cause” (several notes), Prostor Zlín, year XIV, no. 4, 2007, pp. 36-43 The first attempts at renewal and a dignified cultural use of one of the most... read more
THE LATEST NOTES ON THE CONSTRUCTION HISTORY OF VILLA TUGENDHAT
Dagmar Černoušková – Josef Janeček – Karel Ksandr – Pavel Zahradník, New Notes on the Construction History of Villa Tugendhat and its Restoration and Reconstruction over the years 1981-1985, Průzkumy památek, year. XV, 1/2008, pp. 89-126 (www.pruzkumypamatek.cz)After a significant period of time, the first comprehensive... read more
THE TUGENDHAT VILLA AS A RESEARCH CENTRE
Iveta Černá – Dagmar Černoušková, Villa Tugendhat as a Research Centre. In: Iveta Černá – Ivo Hammer (eds.), MATERIALITY, Proceedings from the International Symposium on Preserving Monuments of Modern Architecture, Brno: Brno City Museum and Hornemann Institut 2008, pp. 208-221This consists of a summary of the latest... read more
THE LÖW-BEER VILLA IN SVITÁVKA
Dagmar Černoušková – Iveta Černá, The Large Löw-Beer Villa and the Small Löw-Beer Villa in Svitávka. In: Jan Sedlák (ed.), Famous Villas of the South Moravian Region, Prague: Foibos 2007, pp. 32-38The so-called Large Villa in the spirit of an Art Nouveau château building with Baroque and Neo-Classical elements was... read more
THE LÖW-BEER VILLA IN BRNO
Dagmar Černoušková, The Löw-Beer Villa in Brno. In: Jan Sedlák (ed.), Famous Brno Villas, Prague: Foibos 2006, pp. 27-28 The Brno industrialist in textiles, Moritz Fuhrmann, had an Art Nouveau villa built over the years 1903-1904 in Brno on Sadova street (Parkstrasse), at present Drobného street. His sons sold the... read more
THE ERNST LÖW-BEER VILLA
Iveta Černá, The Ernst Löw-Beer Villa in Brno. In: Jan Sedlák (ed.), Famous Brno Villas, Prague: Foibos 2006, pp. 103-105Grete Tugendhat's cousin, Ernst Löw-Beer (the brother of the collector of Asian art Fritz Löw-Beer), had a family house constructed on Kalvodova street in Brno-Pisárky in the year 1935. The authors... read more
VILLA TUGENDHAT OVER THE YEARS 1940-1950
Zdeněk Kudělka - Lenka Kudělková, New Findings Regarding Villa Tugendhat. In: 57. Bulletin Moravské galerie v Brně (Bulletin of the Morvian Gallery in Brno), 2001, pp. 92-98 After the outbreak of World War II, Villa Tugendhat was confiscated by the German state secret police, becoming the property of the German Reich... read more
CONSTRUCTION HISTORY RESEARCH
Construction history research (CHR) on the Brno Villa of Greta and Fritz Tugendhat was prepared in the year 2001. Art history and theoretical analyses by the country’s leading art historians and architecture theoreticians make up separate chapters of the CHR research project. The Villa is also evaluated within the... read more
Project Preparation for the Rehabilitation of Villa Tugendhat
PROJECT CAMPAIGN The project preparation for the renewal of a key work of world Modernist architecture, Villa Tugendhat in Brno, was begun at the beginning of the year 2005. The full name of the project, prepared over the period of January 2005 up to September 2006, is The Project for Rehabilitation and Restoration... read more
SELECTION FROM THE LITERATURE
One of the tasks of the Study and Documentation Centre is to provide researchers with the widest possible spectrum of information about not only Villa Tugendhat, but also regarding Brno and Czech architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries in general. A selection of specialized literature has consequently been established... read more