Modernist Architecture of Kaunas - Invitation to the Opening
Exhibition for the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania's independence
Opening: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 5:00 PM, NTK foyer
Exhibition duration: March 12 - April 11, 2015
Free admission
The Embassy of Lithuania in Prague and the National Technical Library present an exhibition on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania's independence. The exhibition will showcase photographs of modernist architectural gems from the interwar period in Kaunas.
25 years of Independence Lithuania celebrates with an exhibition of interwar modern architecture. In March, the National Technical Library in Prague hosts an exhibition of modernist architecture from the city of Kaunas, which was the temporary capital of the first Lithuanian Republic from 1920-1940. To celebrate a quarter of a century since the Restoration of Lithuanian Independence, the exhibition will feature a unique blooming of architecture in the Baltic region, influenced by the Bauhaus school and functionalism.
According to the authors of the exhibition from the Kaunas Architecture Festival, the city of Kaunas unexpectedly gained a significant place on the map of Europe during the dynamic events of the early 20th century, seizing the opportunity to become an important European city and a center of interwar architectural modernism. This style became its new identifier, its new face. The city has preserved the indelible aura of a free city and a place with a rebellious spirit, which has influenced the entire subsequent era of Lithuanian new architecture.
“It is symbolic that on the occasion of the celebration of our 25 years of Independence, we present in Prague a city that became a symbol of the first Lithuanian Republic and the era of our state’s return to the map of Europe. I am pleased that we open the exhibition on the very day of the Restoration of Lithuanian Independence, March 11”, - says Mindaugas Stanys, Chargé d’Affaires of the Lithuanian Embassy in Prague, which organizes the exhibition.
On March 11, 1990, the Lithuanian Supreme Council declared the restoration of the independence of the Lithuanian Republic and its statehood, continuing the pre-war tradition of independence in building a modern free state.
The traveling exhibition Interwar Architecture of Kaunas, which can be viewed at the National Technical Library in Dejvice from March 12 to April 11, was prepared by the Kaunas Architecture Festival, co-organized by the Embassy of the Lithuanian Republic in Prague and the National Technical Library Gallery in cooperation with the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.
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Exhibition duration: March 12 - April 11, 2015
Free admission
The Embassy of Lithuania in Prague and the National Technical Library present an exhibition on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania's independence. The exhibition will showcase photographs of modernist architectural gems from the interwar period in Kaunas.
25 years of Independence Lithuania celebrates with an exhibition of interwar modern architecture. In March, the National Technical Library in Prague hosts an exhibition of modernist architecture from the city of Kaunas, which was the temporary capital of the first Lithuanian Republic from 1920-1940. To celebrate a quarter of a century since the Restoration of Lithuanian Independence, the exhibition will feature a unique blooming of architecture in the Baltic region, influenced by the Bauhaus school and functionalism.
According to the authors of the exhibition from the Kaunas Architecture Festival, the city of Kaunas unexpectedly gained a significant place on the map of Europe during the dynamic events of the early 20th century, seizing the opportunity to become an important European city and a center of interwar architectural modernism. This style became its new identifier, its new face. The city has preserved the indelible aura of a free city and a place with a rebellious spirit, which has influenced the entire subsequent era of Lithuanian new architecture.
“It is symbolic that on the occasion of the celebration of our 25 years of Independence, we present in Prague a city that became a symbol of the first Lithuanian Republic and the era of our state’s return to the map of Europe. I am pleased that we open the exhibition on the very day of the Restoration of Lithuanian Independence, March 11”, - says Mindaugas Stanys, Chargé d’Affaires of the Lithuanian Embassy in Prague, which organizes the exhibition.
On March 11, 1990, the Lithuanian Supreme Council declared the restoration of the independence of the Lithuanian Republic and its statehood, continuing the pre-war tradition of independence in building a modern free state.
The traveling exhibition Interwar Architecture of Kaunas, which can be viewed at the National Technical Library in Dejvice from March 12 to April 11, was prepared by the Kaunas Architecture Festival, co-organized by the Embassy of the Lithuanian Republic in Prague and the National Technical Library Gallery in cooperation with the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.
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