An architect, publicist, and progressive furniture and interior designer; a student of Pavel Janák at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design. As a member of the Czechoslovak Werkbund, she subscribed to the ideology of modern architecture: purposefulness of the floor plan, simple furniture which is comfortable yet affordable, and liberation of women from unnecessary housework. She commenced a successful cooperation with the Artěl association, as well as the furniture company Spojené uměleckoprůmyslové závody (UP) in Brno. Her furniture for the Barrandov terraces (1929) was later produced in series for many years. She only designed two houses in her short life – the Balling House and Suk House in the Baba estate. She died at the age of 40 in Stockholm, where she lived with her husband, Czechoslovak ambassador Dr. Vladimír Kučera.

Hana Kučerová-Záveská

(*1904 Prague +1944 Stockholm)

1922-1927
studied architecture with Professors Karel Štípl, Josef Mařatka and Pavel Janák at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague

1928-1937
independent architect and designer in Prague

1937
architect in Stockholm, where her husband Jaroslav Kučera worked as the ambassador

Significant Works

1928
restaurant terrace in Barrandov, Prague

1932
houses of Karel Balling and Antonia and Václav Suk, Baba, Prague-Dejvice
standard-type kitchen for Zenobie Vítězová, Přerov
several interior furnishings and designs for private clients

1933
participation in the “Apartment” exhibition of the Czechoslovak Werkbund (SČSD) in Prague

1934
house in Dobřichovice

Realised buildings in Baba Housing Estate

1932 houses of Karel Balling and Antonia and Václav Suk, Baba, Prague-Dejvice