70 years ago, architect and urban planner Kamil Roškot passed away

Prague - Architect and urban planner Kamil Roškot, who passed away 70 years ago on July 12, 1945, in Paris, was a visionary, striving to reshape urban complexes into ideal geometric formations. His most significant achievement is the theater in Ústí nad Orlicí. Roškot is also the author of several villas, he designed the modifications of the tomb of the kings in St. Vitus Cathedral, and was behind the design of Czechoslovak pavilions at exhibitions in Milan (1928) and Chicago (1933).
     He also realized buildings in his native Vlašim (such as the Sokol Hall), he is the author of the lock in Vrané nad Vltavou, and a co-author of the airport in Ruzyně. Roškot was one of the founders of the Association of Architects, a member of the Mánes Group of Visual Artists, and a founding member and president of the Association of Academic Architects (1928 to 1945).
     His sister Anna also had artistic talent - she dedicated herself to landscape painting and architectural painting, and excelled as an animal painter and illustrator.
     Roškot lived to be 59 years old.