Miroslav Řepa (24 February 1930 – 7 June 2023) was a Czech architect.

Life and career

Born in

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

, the son of the architect

Karel Řepa 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. A functionalist, after ...

, he earned a degree architecture from the

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, and then graduated from the

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. His first project was the

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City Theatre. Among his major works, there were the restoration of the East Bohemian Theatre in Pardubice, and the renovation of the

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. He designed the Czechoslovak pavilions for the Montreal Expo 67 (with architect ) and the Osaka Expo '70, and served as technical director at the

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. Řepa died on 7 June 2023, at the age of 93.

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Miroslav Řepa
at Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands {{DEFAULTSORT:Repa, Miroslav Czech architects 20th-century Czech architects Charles University alumni Academy of Fine Arts in Prague alumni 1930 births 2023 deaths People from Pardubice