Photo: Štěpán Macháček, Czech Radio
What do the Czech Embassy buildings in Delhi, Athens, Berlin, Beijing, Brasília, Cairo, Tokyo, London, and Washington have in common? They were all designed in the 1960s and 70s in bold, expressive styles of Brutalism and Modernism. A new exhibition on Prague’s Rašín Embankment celebrates these remarkable structures, as well as the stories they tell about architecture, diplomacy, and Czech identity. I met with the exhibition’s curator, Adam Štěch, to find out more.
The exhibition Architecture for Export is part of a broader initiative that was launched by the Foreign Ministry two years ago.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková