Karel Řepa
{{Short description|Czechoslovak architect (1895–1963)}}
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| name = Karel Řepa
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|23 October 1895}}
| birth_place = Nový Ples, Hradec Králové Region, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{death-date and age|2 March 1963|23 October 1895}}
| death_place = Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
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| occupation = Architect
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Karel Řepa (23 October 1895 – 2 March 1963) was a Czechoslovak architect.
Life and career
Born in Nový Ples, a pupil of Jože Plečnik, Řepa graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.{{cite news |last1=Redakce |title=Slavný architekt Karel Řepa by se zítra dožil 120 let |url=https://pardubicky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/slavny-architekt-karel-repa-by-se-zitra-dozil-120-let-20151021.html |access-date=5 July 2023 |work=Deník|date=22 October 2015 |language=cs}} A functionalist, after working in the Prague studio of {{Interlanguage link|František Krásný|cs}}, in the mid-1920s he moved to Pardubice, where he realized his most important works, notably the Pardubice Railway Station, the Industrial Museum and the Masarykův football stadium.{{cite news |last1=Brázdová |first1=Tereza |title=Proporce a nápaditost. Bulharskou ulici zdobí dvě meziválečné vily |url=https://pardubice.rozhlas.cz/proporce-a-napaditost-bulharskou-ulici-zdobi-dve-mezivalecne-vily-9009846 |access-date=5 July 2023 |work=Czech Radio|date=9 June 2023 |language=cs}}{{cite news |title=Karel Řepa, žák Jože Plečnika, Z oboru|url=https://www.slavnevily.cz/zpravy/z-oboru/karel-repa-zak-joze-plecnika |access-date=5 July 2023 |work= SlavneVily |date=12 March 2023}}
Řepa died on 2 March 1963, at the age of 67. He was the father of architect Miroslav Řepa.
References
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Further reading
- Panoch, Pavel. Karel Řepa – pardubický architekt ve věku nejistot. Helios, 2003. {{ISBN|80-85211-15-7}}.
External links
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- [https://biography.hiu.cas.cz/Personal/index.php?curid=72171 Karel Řepa] at Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands
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Category:20th-century Czech architects
Category:Czechoslovak architects
Category:Functionalist architects
Category:Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague alumni