Před 50 lety zemřel významný brněnský architekt Ernst Wiesner translates to Fifty years ago, the significant Brno architect Ernst Wiesner passed away

Brno – Significant Brno architect Ernst Wiesner, who died half a century ago, on July 15, 1971, in Liverpool, is the author of the heritage-protected building of the Brno crematorium and the current headquarters of the regional public prosecutor's office and Czech Radio Brno in the city center. In addition to commercial buildings, he also worked on designs for villas, apartment buildings, and industrial complexes. Several properties from Wiesner's studio were also built in Northern Moravia, Poland, and Slovakia.

His early works are characterized by classical architectural elements, and later he leaned towards the simplicity and functionality of buildings, which was followed by so-called functionalism. His great role model (and later also a friend and colleague) was Adolf Loos.

Ernst Wiesner was born on January 21, 1890, into a Jewish family in Malacky, Slovakia. In the early 20th century, he moved back to Brno with his parents. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and began working in Brno as a respected architect in 1918.

After artistically productive 20s, Wiesner's work gradually stagnated; in 1939, he emigrated to Britain to escape the Nazis. He returned to Brno in the late 1940s, but with the rise of communist power, he permanently relocated to Liverpool.