Josef Kranz

Architect and artist Josef Kranz was born in Brno on 28 February 1901. In 1919 he was admitted to the Czech University of Technology in Brno, where he studied architecture and civil engineering. In 1928-29 he worked in Bohuslav Fuchs' studio and contributed to the design for the Avion Hotel. In Brno he designed the Era Café, Slavík Villa in Žabovřesky and the Avia Cinema in Černovice. Kranz was employed as a designer at the Post and Telegraph Directorate for 20 years beginning in 1929. After the Communist takeover he worked at Stavoprojekt in Brno, then at Spojprojekt, a state company, where he was employed until his death. In the 1950s he designed a number of buildings in this country as well as abroad, including the post office in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Josef Kranz died in Znojmo on 30 May 1968.

Architect
Josef Kranz

Date of birth
28.2.1901 Brno

Deceased
30.5.1968 Znojmo

Literature
Vladimír Šlapeta, Josef Kranz 1901–1968. Architektonické dílo (kat. výst.), Olomouc – Praha 1979
Vladimír Šlapeta, Architekt, 2003, p. 68–69
Václav Roštlapil, 1969, p. 376