Josef Hesoun

1903–1965 (age 62)

Biography

Josef Hesoun, born in 1903, shaped the built environment as an architect inspired by both tradition and emerging modernity, contributing to Prague’s skyline with thoughtful lines and human-scale detail.

He approached every commission with care for the people who would inhabit his designs, and his work and memory rest today at Vinohrady Cemetery.

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