Alena Šrámková

Alena Šrámková (née Cafourková) was referred to as the First Lady of Czech post-war architecture. She spent her youth in Slovakia, where she began studying architecture under Professor Vladimír Krafík.
1947–52 - Technical University, Bratislava, Faculty of Architecture, specializing in architecture and civil engineering
1952–54 - Chemoprojekt Bratislava
1954–55 - Stavoprojekt, Ústí nad Labem
1955–58 - Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, school of Professor Jaroslav Fragner
1958–59 - Potravinoprojekt, Prague
1959–75 - State Project Institute for Commerce, Prague
1975–87 - Project Institute for the Construction of the Capital City of Prague
1988 - participation in the exhibition Trienale of Secular Architecture, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1988 - Exhibition of One House, solo exhibition, Gallery Jaroslav Fragner, Prague
1988–90 - SIAL, Prague
1989 - participation in the exhibition STL – Středotlací, Gallery Jaroslav Fragner, Prague
1989–92 - Chairwoman of the Council of the Architects' Association, Prague
1991 - founded the independent studio “Alena Šrámková”
1991 - appointed associate professor at Czech Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Prague
1991 - solo exhibition, Technical University of Munich, Germany
1991–96 - head of the studio at the Faculty of Architecture, Czech Technical University, Prague
1993 - vice-chairwoman of the Council of the Architects' Association, Prague
1994 - awarded the “Award for Personalities of Czech Architecture” by the Architects' Association
1994–96 - member of the Prague Committee for the Protection and Development of Cultural Space of the Capital City of Prague
1995 - participation in the exhibition Mánes Mánesu, Prague
1996 - head of the Residential Environment and Free Creation Teaching Institute, Faculty of Architecture VUT, Brno
1997 - solo exhibition “Alena Šrámková”, Gallery Jaroslav Fragner, Prague
1997 - solo exhibition “Alena Šrámková”, Gallery Klenová
1998 - solo exhibition “Alena Šrámková”, Hall of the Architects' Association, Brno
1999 - solo exhibition “Alena Šrámková”, Barcelona
1999 - appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
2004 - 9th Venice Biennale of Architecture “Metamorph”, exposition Šrámková – Milučký
2007 - Alena Šrámková – architecture, exhibition in the House of Art in České Budějovice
2019 - Alena Šrámková: Architecture, exhibition at Museum Kampa, Prague