Karel Hubáček (ˈkarɛl ˈɦubaːtʃɛk; February 23, 1924 – November 25, 2011) was a Czech

Czech Republic

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 architect

Architect

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 who designed the Ještěd Tower

Ješted Tower

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 and hotel atop the Ještěd

Ješted

Ještěd is the highest mountain peak of the Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge near Liberec in the north of the Czech Republic. From the summit there are views into Germany and Poland...

 mountain near Liberec

Liberec

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Hubáček's best known work was the Ještěd Tower, which was constructed between 1966 and 1973. In 1969, the Ještěd Tower received the Perret Prize from the International Union of Architects

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. In 2000, Czech architects named Hubáček's tower most successful domestic architectural work of the 20th Century

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In addition to the Ještěd Tower, Hubáček designed buildings throughout the Czech Republic. Czech architects named Hubáček the fourth most influential Czech architect of all time. He was the only living architect to place in the top ten in the same survey.

Hubáček was born in Prague

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, Czechoslovakia

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, on February 23, 1924. He died in the Czech Republic

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on November 25, 2011, at the age of 87. A funeral will be held on December 2 at the crematorium in Liberec.