Lubor Lacina
*23. 7. 1920 – Brno, Czech Republic
†13. 2. 1998 – Brno, Czech Republic
Biography
Lubor Lacina was born into a family of an engineer in government service. He spent his childhood in the bureaucratic district of Brno. His father studied at the technical university in Vienna, where he was very interested in visual arts, especially painting. His mother came from the environment of the Hotel Slavia, where the cultural and artistic life of Czech Brno was concentrated at that time. This aesthetic sense of his parents definitely influenced young Lubor and his younger sister sculptor Sylva towards an artistic career. Even in high school, he attempted artistic designs. Therefore, after graduation, the decision was simple: architecture. He enrolled at the faculty in Brno and was also admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Then came the Protectorate, the closure of universities, and wartime events. He initially started as an intern at the construction company Kuba, then as a student at the construction industrial school. After graduation, he settled at the School of Applied Arts, which he completed in the architecture specialization under Professor E. J. Margold, a well-known architect who left the artistic colony in Darmstadt for Czechia after the rise of Nazism. He was a significant figure who had a strong influence on him. During that time and until the end of the war, he practiced with architect Bohumír Čermák, a student of Otto Wagner.
At the beginning of 1945, he passed the builder's exam at the Regional Office in Brno and awaited the end of the war. He worked on the restoration of the Technical University. He re-enrolled in the faculty of architecture. During that time, he undertook his first study trip to Switzerland, where he got acquainted with local creators and their works. He started a family with a student from the conservatory. With the post-war opening came orders for designs of residential interiors, recreational cottages, and country houses. As a graduate of architecture from "Šuška," he could take on these projects while simultaneously studying at the faculty. Even then, his future focus was taking shape - it was interiors and residential and cultural buildings. Among the professors, he learned the most from Bohuslav Fuchs, an architect of European stature. He completed all professional studies with honors, including his diploma project and the II. state examination. At that time, he was offered the position of first assistant by then-rector Professor Jiří Kroha, with whom he then stayed for five years. He gained experience not only in design but also in pedagogy. During that time, without his professor's knowledge, he prepared and defended his dissertation and achieved the academic title of Doctor of Sciences. However, he did not accept Professor Kroha's offer to move to Prague, instead deciding to go freelance and work independently in his studio as a member of the Union of Visual Artists. He always tried to prove that even smaller tasks could, and perhaps better, demonstrate one’s talent. He focused mainly on designing interiors and memorials, reconstructing historical buildings, and also engaged in furniture design.
Other realizations:
Brno - Convent of St. Ursula, architectural design for the gradual reconstruction of the building for the needs of the Technical Museum (since 1950)
Blansko - general reconstruction of the castle (1960)
Brno - The ceremonial hall of the municipal office MČ Brno-Královo Pole, interior of the hall (1969)
Opava - modification of Janáček Gardens for the placement of the monument Destroyed Opava (Janáček Gardens – Osvoboditelů Square, 1970)
Ostrava - Main Railway Station in Ostrava-Přívoz, one of the last preserved projects of architect Lubor Lacina. The architect designed almost everything in the interior, including the timetable stands, ceiling lights, and flower pots.
Lubor Lacina was born into a family of an engineer in government service. He spent his childhood in the bureaucratic district of Brno. His father studied at the technical university in Vienna, where he was very interested in visual arts, especially painting. His mother came from the environment of the Hotel Slavia, where the cultural and artistic life of Czech Brno was concentrated at that time. This aesthetic sense of his parents definitely influenced young Lubor and his younger sister sculptor Sylva towards an artistic career. Even in high school, he attempted artistic designs. Therefore, after graduation, the decision was simple: architecture. He enrolled at the faculty in Brno and was also admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Then came the Protectorate, the closure of universities, and wartime events. He initially started as an intern at the construction company Kuba, then as a student at the construction industrial school. After graduation, he settled at the School of Applied Arts, which he completed in the architecture specialization under Professor E. J. Margold, a well-known architect who left the artistic colony in Darmstadt for Czechia after the rise of Nazism. He was a significant figure who had a strong influence on him. During that time and until the end of the war, he practiced with architect Bohumír Čermák, a student of Otto Wagner.
At the beginning of 1945, he passed the builder's exam at the Regional Office in Brno and awaited the end of the war. He worked on the restoration of the Technical University. He re-enrolled in the faculty of architecture. During that time, he undertook his first study trip to Switzerland, where he got acquainted with local creators and their works. He started a family with a student from the conservatory. With the post-war opening came orders for designs of residential interiors, recreational cottages, and country houses. As a graduate of architecture from "Šuška," he could take on these projects while simultaneously studying at the faculty. Even then, his future focus was taking shape - it was interiors and residential and cultural buildings. Among the professors, he learned the most from Bohuslav Fuchs, an architect of European stature. He completed all professional studies with honors, including his diploma project and the II. state examination. At that time, he was offered the position of first assistant by then-rector Professor Jiří Kroha, with whom he then stayed for five years. He gained experience not only in design but also in pedagogy. During that time, without his professor's knowledge, he prepared and defended his dissertation and achieved the academic title of Doctor of Sciences. However, he did not accept Professor Kroha's offer to move to Prague, instead deciding to go freelance and work independently in his studio as a member of the Union of Visual Artists. He always tried to prove that even smaller tasks could, and perhaps better, demonstrate one’s talent. He focused mainly on designing interiors and memorials, reconstructing historical buildings, and also engaged in furniture design.
Other realizations:
Brno - Convent of St. Ursula, architectural design for the gradual reconstruction of the building for the needs of the Technical Museum (since 1950)
Blansko - general reconstruction of the castle (1960)
Brno - The ceremonial hall of the municipal office MČ Brno-Královo Pole, interior of the hall (1969)
Opava - modification of Janáček Gardens for the placement of the monument Destroyed Opava (Janáček Gardens – Osvoboditelů Square, 1970)
Ostrava - Main Railway Station in Ostrava-Přívoz, one of the last preserved projects of architect Lubor Lacina. The architect designed almost everything in the interior, including the timetable stands, ceiling lights, and flower pots.
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