Karel Hubáček (; 23 February 1924 – 25 November 2011) was a
Czech architect
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who designed the
Ještěd Tower and hotel atop the
Ještěd
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On the summit is the Ještěd Tower restaurant, hotel and television tower, ...
mountain near
Liberec
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Hubáček's best known work was the Ještěd Tower, which was constructed between 1966 and 1973.
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from the International Union of Architects
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In addition to the Ještěd Tower, Hubáček designed buildings throughout the Czech Republic. Czech architects named Hubáček the fourth most influential Czech architect of all time. He was the only living architect to place in the top ten in the same survey.][
Hubáček was born in ]Prague
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, Czechoslovakia
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, on 23 February 1924. He died in the Czech Republic
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on 25 November 2011, at the age of 87.[
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References
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1924 births
2011 deaths
Czech architects
Architects from Prague
Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
Herder Prize recipients