This publication looks at how building culture evolved and transformed over the first half of the twentieth century in relation to the rise and spread of automobile culture. The automobile not only ushered in new ways of understanding time, space, and personal freedom, it accelerated the pace of globalisation and industrialisation, transformed the structure of urban and rural landscapes, and inspired a reappraisal of the process of creating and the very substance of architecture, as brand-new typological structures emerged in direction connection with automobile use – vast manufacturing grounds, small body shops, automobile repair shops, automobile showrooms, roadside cafés, petrol stations, and, of course, parking garages.

Observing the early development of such structures, how they spread and became widely established, provides special insight into the building culture that coincided with these developments, but it also sheds light on certain timeless issues and serves as an example of how new technological, spatial, and social requirements became organically integrated into the theory of modern architecture that was emerging with these developments. In these times of economic crisis and under the ethos of sustainable development, some valuable lessons can be drawn from two other dimensions of this subject: the need to straddle considerations of economy – both of finance and form – and the concurrent demands of elegance and comfort; and the emergence of a model approach to universal construction and layout, which was ideal for gradual adaptation or conversion to new use.

The book was prepared as part of work on the project ‘Industrial Topography of the Czech Republic – the Adaptive Re-use of Industrial Heritage’ supported by the NAKI programme (National and Cultural Identity) of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. It was printed with the support of a grant from SGS (the Student Grant Fund) of the Czech Technical University in the area of Sustainable Development and Historical Experience.

Petr Vorlík, Interwar Garages in the Czech Lands, Prague 2011.

136 pages; Czech, English summary; ISBN 978-80-01-04924-2 / translation Robin Cassling / scientific review Henrieta Moravčíková / graphic design Jan Forejt / typesetting and print Studio Element / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague

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The first volume of Industrial Topography is devoted to the Ústí nad Labem Region, which, in terms of the volume and diversity of its industrial heritage and the grandeur of its industrial architecture and technical concepts, is one of the most remarkable regions in the Czech Republic. Book localizes 778 buildings and sites in 587 items, contains 17 maps and 570 images.

The book is part of a project carried out by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University with the support of the Ministry of Culture’s programme of applied research on national and cultural identity (NAKI). Its objective is to map industrial heritage in the regions of the Czech Republic. It identifies values and draws attention to the heritage passed down from the industrial age and it seeks opportunities for their adapted new use.

Vladislava Valchářová (ed.) – Lukáš Beran – Jan Zikmund, Industrial Topography / Ústí nad Labem Region, Prague 2011.

368 pages; Czech, English/German introduction and editorial; 570 images; ISBN 978-80-01-04833-7 / contributing editorial work Michaela Balášová, Dita Dvořáková, Radovan Folk, Ivan Grisa, Pavel Jákl, Petr Joza, Miroslav Kindl, Zuzana Křenková, Irena Lehkoživová, Viktor Mácha, Jan Němec, Adéla Poubová, Petr Rak, Milan Starec, Tomáš Šenberger, Tomáš Voldráb, Martin Vonka, Petr Vorlík, Michal Zlámaný / translation Robin Cassling, Susanne Spurná / scientific review Eva Dvořáková, Pavel Halík / graphic design Jan Forejt / typestting and print Studio Element / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague in conjunction with the Technical Monuments Committee of the Czech Chamber of Certified Engineers and Technicians and the Czech Union of Civil Engineers and the Association of Historical Settlements in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia

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This publication charts the history of the brewing industry in the District of Kolín from mediaeval times up to the present day. It contains papers by experts presenting the results of many years of research. Rare photographs accompany the texts, and the GPS coordinates of the sites profiled are included.

Jaroslav Pejša – Milan Starec, Historical Breweries of Kolín District, Prague 2011.

60 pages; Czech, English/German introduction; 119 images; ISBN 978-80-01-04717-0 / contributing editorial work Pavel Jákl, Jan Zikmund, Lukáš Beran, Vlasta Doležalová, Benjamin Fragner, Ladislav Jouza, Vladislava Valchářová / translation Robin Cassling, Susanne Spurná / scientific review Zuzana Miškovská, Marie Platovská / graphic design Vlasta Doležalová / dtp and print Nakladatelství Lesnická práce, s. r. o. / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague and the Brewery in Kostelec nad Černými lesy

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This publication presents examples of the conversion, renovation, and revitalisation of fifty-eight breweries, and special examples of the adaptive re-use of industrial structures. The texts are accompanied by photographs of breweries before and after conversion and the exact GPS coordinates of the brewery sites.

Pavel Jákl – Milan Starec, Breweries After. Conversion and Reconstruction, Prague 2011.

52 pages; Czech, English/German introduction; 243 images; ISBN 978-80-01-04754-5 / contributing editorial work Lukáš Beran, Benjamin Fragner, Vladislava Valchářová, Jan Zikmund, Miroslav Anger, Libor Doležal, Vlasta Doležalová, Daniel Froněk, Tomáš Havrda, Jan Hájek, Daniela Javorčeková, Šárka Jiroušková, Jan Klinecký, Vladimír Lažanský, Pavel Prouza, Jan Rosák, Alexandr Skalický, Robin Tesárek, Marek Tichý, Jiří Vaníček, Tomáš Vodochodský, Eva Volfová / translation Robin Cassling, Susanne Spurná / graphic design Vlasta Doležalová / dtp and print Nakladatelství Lesnická práce, s. r. o. / published by the Research Centre for Industrial Heritage FA CTU Prague and the Brewery in Kostelec nad Černými lesy

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