In 1938, several apartment buildings were built in Čápkova Street according to designs by Endré Steiner. These buildings share similar layouts as well as minimalistic facades segmented only by a grid of windows or risalits. The ground floors of these six-level buildings are decorated with ceramic cladding and the narrow entrances are emphasized by travertine panels.
The house at No. 20 was built by Hugo Hecht, for whom Steiner had designed the corner apartment building in Grohova Street a year earlier. The last of the buildings, No. 26, was ordered by František and Hilda Goldmann. The buildings have been preserved in nearly their original appearance, except for replacements of several windows or doors.
Apartment buildings
Name
Apartment buildings
Date
1938
Architect
Endre Steiner
Trail
Below Špilberk 1918–1945
Code
C132
Type
Apartment building
Address
Čápkova 27–31/20–26,
(Veveří), Brno, Střed
Public transport
Úvoz (TROL 25, 26, 38, 39; BUS 81)
Čápkova (TROL 25, 26, 38, 39)
Úvoz (TRAM 4)
GPS
49°12'4.851"N, 16°35'41.003"E
Literature
Petr Pelčák,
Jan Sapák, Ivan Wahla (eds.),
Brněnští židovští architekti 1919–1939,
Brno 2000
František Kalivoda,
Architekt Endre Steiner. Arbeiten aus den Jahren 1934–1939,
Bruenn 1939
