Keep Functionalism in the Family: Baldizzi Apartment and Tesař´s Villa

Jump back to the 1930s in hour eleven, with homes in Brno and New York that both tell stories over generations. First, a visit to the Tenement Museum in New York, where the 'Baldizzi Apartment' recreates the 1930s home of a family of Italian immigrants living through the Great Depression. A divergence from the Functionalist style of architecture of the period, and more luxurious than the Baldizzi apartment but equally functionalist, Tesař Villa in Brno was designed by Bohuslav Fuchs in 1937 with large apartments set behind curving walls. The building was commissioned by the Tesař family and has remained in the family for three generations.
Speakers
Michal Kolar, architectural historian, Joseph Arnold Cultural Center and OH Brno
Kathryn Lloyd, Tenement Museum
Martin and Lucie Pesl, Open House Brno
Rowan Wu, Open House New York
Hosted by Open House Brno, Open House New York, and the Tenement Museum
4 PM UTC | 6 PM BRNO | 12 PM NEW YORK