<span>Zemřel uznávaný architekt a urbanista Miroslav Baše</span> translates to <span>The respected architect and urban planner Miroslav Baš died</span>

Prague - On Saturday shortly after noon, internationally recognized Czech architect and urbanist Miroslav Baše passed away in Prague at the age of 74. This was reported by his collaborator Vlasta Jílková.
    "Architect Baše was one of the key experts who dealt with historical and landscape urbanism. He was also intensely engaged in architectural theory," said art historian and Vice-Rector of Charles University Mojmír Horyna.
    From the 1960s until the early 1990s, Baše worked at the State Institute for the Reconstruction of Heritage Towns and Objects (SURPMO), where according to Horyna, he focused on historical urbanism and heritage care.
    After that, he taught at the Department of Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University and in 2003 was appointed Vice-Dean for Science and Research. He was currently actively involved in several professional committees concerning the protection of cultural heritage.
    Among other roles, Baše was a member of the working group for heritage care in the Czech Chamber of Architects, Vice-Chairman of the Association for the Renewal of the Countryside of the Czech Republic, and the author of the student competition Construction for the Countryside. He attempted to "bring to life" the ideological platform for rural renewal, as indicated in professional publications, both professionally and personally.
    He also served on the expert committee for heritage care, which assessed, from an urbanism perspective, the suitability of the design of the new building of the National Library by architect Jan Kaplický in Letná Plain. "He was a remarkably balanced, educated, respected architect and an honorable man," stated his colleague architect Jiří Merger.