Helena Huber-Doudova

1918–1938: Toward Modern Architecture:
Book launch, 13. 4. 2026, 3–5 p.m., @vila_volman

The catalogue of interwar architecture from the NGP Architecture Collection presents key phenomena of modern life and life style, as formulated by Karel Honzík no later than the mid-1930s, as “certainty of expression” and “the uniqueness of the modern life” (Za novým životním slohem, 1945). Modern forms include architecture, art and intangible forms of social interaction, clothes, gestures, etc. Six chapters focus on the themes of international exhibitions, housing, work (Taylorism, factories), finance (banks), city life (city palace with cinema, theatre; hotel; cafés and bistros) and the modern body (sports, health – sanatoriums). Thematic double-page spreads indicate discursive shifts and present new research efforts. The book’s chapters exemplarily reflect works from the collection of the National Gallery Prague, architects such as František A. Libra, Karel Janů, Antonín Heythum, Milada Petříková-Pavlíková, Ferdinand Fencl, Augusta Müllerová, Josef Hrubý and others. It is published for the exhibition of the same name.

Authors: Vendula Hnídková, Marta Filipová @filipovamarta, Helena Huber-Doudová (ed.) @lena37258, Markéta Svobodová, Barbora Řepková @baaarbar, Yvette Vašourková @yvette_vasourkova, Lenka Kerdová, Nikola Zahrádková @nikyzahr, Lenka Popelová, Klára Ciesarová @klara_ciesar, Kateřina Mazačová @mazacova.73

Graphic design: Jan Brož @imageneered

Foto: Katarína Hudačinová, NGP