RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Koukalová, Martina
T1 Architect Augusta Müllerová (1906-1984)
JF Staletá Praha
YR 2024
VO 39
IS 1
SP 92
OP 148
DO 10.56112/sp.2023.1.04
UL https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-202301-0004.php
AB Augusta Müllerová was one of the first Czech architects, at a time when women only rarely completed university studies in the technical field. The following text outlines the circumstances with which young adepts of architecture had to cope in the first half of the 20th century. Further on, it maps the topics for which the left-leaning Müllerová was involved in public life from a young age: it was mainly the position of women in society and health care reform. When, after long years of economic crisis and war conflict, she was able to start implementing her hitherto mostly theoretical projects, she became persona non grata due to the political process of her husband, Ladislav Machoň. Nevertheless, she never gave up architectural work, which she diligently devoted herself to in the 1960s, when the younger generation of architects was already dominating.