Věra Machoninová (born 27 September 1928) is a Czech

Brutalist Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the b ...

architect who completed a number of projects with her husband .

Education

Věra Větrovská was born in 1928 in

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. Větrovská attended the

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) () is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. It is also the oldest non-military technical universi ...

's Faculty of Architecture. At the university she met Vladimír Machonin, whom she married in 1948. In 1952, Machoninová completed her studies and graduated.

Gallery

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, Czech Republic File:OD Kotva 2.jpg,

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(1970), Prague File:Berlin, Mitte, Wilhelmstrasse, Tschechische Botschaft 01.jpg, Czech Embassy (1972), Berlin File:Dům bytové kultury (01).jpg, DBK Shopping Center (1981),

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, Czech Republic

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Machoninova, Vera Czech women architects 20th-century Czech architects 1928 births Living people Brutalist architects Czech Technical University in Prague alumni People from Strakonice