The Brno Exhibition Centre trail takes us to the Staré Brno district. In this part of the city, around the square Mendlovo náměstí, there was a radical clearance of historical buildings and a redevelopment of the site in the 1960s based on a plan by the architect František Kočí. The prefabricated apartment buildings on Veletržní street were meant to form a new city boulevard leading domestic and foreign visitors to Brno Exhibition Centre, which had been the venue for the renowned International Engineering Fair and other prestigious trade fairs and exhibitions each year since the late 1950s. The original exhibition complex was built on a green field site to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak state as a showcase for modern Czech culture, architecture and design. It was extended at the end of the 1950s and acquired a new administrative building, whose interiors show a marked influence of ‘the Brussels style’, and, above all, new exhibition pavilions, the most prominent of which was Pavilion Z. The trail takes you past these post-war buildings and then leads outside the gates of the exhibition centre around Hotel Voroněž, which built to accommodate visitors to the trade fairs. The trail ends with two sporting facilities − Brno Velodrome and Riviera lido on the bank of the river. The walk begins at the public transport stop Výstaviště hlavní vstup and leads along the southern slope of Stránice, where many interesting buildings grew up in the post-war period, including university halls of residence, apartment buildings and individual family houses. From Riviera lido, you continue along the river Svratka until you reach the Anthropos Pavilion, which was designed by Evžen Šteflíček and is conceptually connected to Karel Absolon’s interwar exposition at Brno Exhibition Centre. From there, walk through the grove Masarykový háj to Hotel Myslivna, which was designed by the architect Jan Dvořák. From the exhibition centre, the Kohoutovice district is easily accessible by trolley bus. The urban plan of the experimental housing estate there originated at the Research Institute for Construction and Architecture, but the eventual design was elaborated by a team led by František Kočí. The construction of the main road for the estate began in 1970 and was followed by the prefabricated buildings. The estate was designed for 11,000 residents and was completed in 1981. Two of its prominent landmarks are the prefabricated apartment block with crowning extension for the Grand Prix restaurant and Kohoutovice water tower.
Brno Exhibition Centre 1946–1989

Supermarket on Mendlovo náměstí
Kód objektu: D125,
Adresa: Mendlovo náměstí 686/15A,

Nurses’ residence complex of the University Hospital (formerly the Regional Institute for National Health)
Kód objektu: D127,
Adresa: Výstavní 303/17–19,

Tramway bridge
Kód objektu: D128,
Adresa: Hlinky,
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D128-tramway-bridge

Sculpture Textilačka [Female Textile Worker]

Sculpture Nový věk [The New Age]

Administrative building of Brno Exhibition Centre
Adresa: Výstaviště 405/1,

Trade Fair Centre
Adresa: Výstaviště 405/1,
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D132-trade-fair-centre

Congress Centre (formerly House of Technology)
Adresa: Výstaviště 405/1,

Sculpture Sedící žena [Sitting Woman]

Pavilion H
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D136-pavilion-h

Pavilion O
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D137-pavilion-o

Pavilion Z
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D138-pavilion-z

Tuzex
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D139-tuzex

Pavilions P and R
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D140-pavilions-p-and-r

Concrete wall with relief

Pavilion M
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D142-pavilion-m

Pavilion Y
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D143-pavilion-y

Pavilion B
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D145-pavilion-b

Summer variety show theatre (the object no longer exists)

Pavilion D
Adresa: Křížkovského 554/12,
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D147-pavilion-d

Hotel Voroněž
Adresa: Křížkovského 458/47,
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D148-hotel-voronez

Brno Velodrome
Adresa: Křížkovského 22,
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/D149-brno-velodrome

Riviera sports complex (formerly Red Star)
Adresa: Bauerova 322/7,

Brno Exhibition Centre 1946–1989