Jaromír Krejcar

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{{audio|Jaromir krejcar.ogg|Jaromír Krejcar}} (25{{nbsp}}July 1895{{snd}}5{{nbsp}}October 1950) was a Czech functionalistic architect, student of Jan Kotěra and member of Devětsil.

He was born in Hundsheim, Austria. He collaborated with Czech structural engineer, Dr. Jaroslav Josef Polivka on the internationally acclaimed Czech Pavilion at the Paris Exposition of 1937.

Krejcar was husband of journalist Milena Jesenská and father of Jana Krejcarová. After the Communist-organized 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état he went to exile to the United Kingdom. He died in London.

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Category:1895 births

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Category:People from Bruck an der Leitha District

Category:Czech architects

Category:20th-century Czech architects

Category:Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom

Category:Czechoslovak exiles

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