John Eisler

Biography
John Eisler was a Czech architect who studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague from 1963-69. From 1969, he was a member of the SIAL group and later worked in the atelier 02 of Stavoprojekt Liberec (among other achievements, he received the 2nd prize for a competition project for Tegelerhafen, IBA Berlin - 1980, and awards in competitions, for example, for the design of the Paris Opera - 1983). In Czechoslovakia, he also designed the reconstruction of the former Exhibition Palace for the National Gallery in Prague - a museum of modern art, which SIAL implemented in 1995. From 1983, he worked for nearly 20 years at the atelier Richard Meier in New York. He participated in a number of designs: for example, the Museum of Applied Arts and the Ethnographic Museum in Frankfurt, and the Yale University Art Gallery. In Rome, he was responsible for two significant projects: the temple Church of the Jubilee and the complex of the Ara Pacis Museum on the banks of the Tiber. He was also involved in the reconstruction of the City Tower administrative building in Pankrác and worked on the design of the Actor's Art Center in Prague. Eisler was a licensed architect in the state of New York since 1985 and a member of the AIA since 1982. In 1995, he received the Grand Prix from the Czech Chamber of Architects, awarded to Czech architects working abroad. In 2006, he returned to the Czech Republic, where he led an independent practice. In 2020, he received the gold Felber Medal of the 1st degree for pedagogical and scientific activities of lasting value from the rector of the Czech Technical University.