New City Hall, Ostrava

The New City Hall (Nová radnice) is a resperentative building in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It is the most architecturally important and largest town hall complex from the Interwar period in country. It also has a prominent Czech Modernist style clock and observation tower, the tallest from the period. It is located just outside the old town, on the left bank of the Ostravice River, on Sokolská třída. In 1923, architects Kolář & Rubý took part in the competition for the construction of a new town hall. The jury chose Vladimír Fischer as the best proposal, but suggested that they draw up the final project together. The design changed from more traditional and classical to stylised, illustrating the growing influence of Modernism. Construction work began in November 1924 and the project was completed in 1930. The young architect Karel Kotas was entrusted with the construction management. The building, with a total cost of 52 million CZK, was inaugurated on 28 October 1930 on the occasion of the National Day of the Czechoslovak Republic. Due to the instability of the subsoil, instead of the planned heavy masonry tower, a lightweight steel structure clad with copper and glass was finally adopted. The tower is 85.6 meters high, the tallest for a town hall in the Czech Republic at the time. Under the tower is placed a unique ribbed reinforced concrete slab. The tower cloc

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