František Lydie Gahura

František Lydie Gahura studied at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague and Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. Training under Josef Drahoňovský, Jože Plečnik and Jan Kotěra is recorded. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is architecture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brno and Zlín. Employment is recorded with Bata Limited. Works named in the authority record are Tomas Bata Memorial, Zlínská radnice and Velké Kino. Distinctions recorded are Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia).

Gahura was born on 10 October 1891 in Zlín, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. He became famous for his collaboration on the architectural and urban design of the city of Zlín. He worked for the Bata Shoes organization in the 1920s and 1930s. Gahura was one of a number of Czech architects to design the "Bata houses" and Bata shoe factory at East Tilbury, Essex, England. The most impressive architectural work of František Lydie Gahura is Tomas Bata Memorial. The building process started in 1932 and the monument was open with ceremony on the day of the first anniversary of Tomáš Baťa death that is on 12 July 1933. It is the most valuable building of the Zlín functionalism. Gahura died on 15 September 1958 in Brno.

• City Hall, Zlín (1923) • Baťa Hospital, Zlín (1926–1930) • Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Míškovice (1922–1927) • Chapel of Saint Wenceslaus, Kudlov (1927) • J. A. Baťa Villa, Zlín (1927) • Masaryk Schools, Zlín (1927–1928) • Baťa Service House, Prague (1928–1929) • Forest cemetery, Zlín (1931) • Department store, Zlín (1931) • Grand Cinema, Zlín (1931) • Tomas Bata Memorial, Zlín (1933)

• Illustration — Baťa Hospital, Zlín • Illustration — Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Míškovice • Illustration — Chapel of Saint Wenceslaus, Kudlov • Illustration — J. A. Baťa Villa, Zlín • Illustration — Grand Cinema, Zlín • Illustration — Forest cemetery, Zlín