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- ItemExperiment se šťastným koncem. Nejen o Spadu meteoritů a o spolupráci Stanislava Libenského a Jaroslavy Brychtové s Karlem Hubáčkem pro interiér hotelu a televizního vysílače na JeštěduPalata, OldřichThe study contemplates an unknown variant of the artistic concept of the outer shell of the load-bearing concrete cylinder in the interior of the hotel and TV transmitter on Ještěd, and at the same time explains why the author of the building, Karel Hubáček, chose the glass artists Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová to collaborate on this task. Photographs, a painting model and a model made of concrete and glass prove that the original creative solution, in which the architect Hubáček also participated as an author, was too radical for its time, and therefore S. Libenský and J. Brychtová independently prepared a new design. With use of other archival photos, the study shows the complex creative journey of this author pair in the realization of the new version from the source of inspiration, through the painting model and model tests to the original work called Meteorite Fall. With the specifi c properties of concrete and glass in mind, they created a work that resonates with the unique architecture of Hubáček and also enriches it with an impressive proof of unique visual art with timeless validity.
- ItemVzestupy a pády komunistického soudce, důstojníka a politika Zdeňka Číhala (1921–2002)Pažout, JaroslavThe study is analyzes the fate of Zdeněk Číhal, who became the chairman of the District Court in Žatec in 1952 and the following year the chairman of the Regional Court in Liberec. From 1957, he served as the chief of the main administration of military courts and the deputy of the Minister of Justice. In the spring of 1968, he was relieved of his duties because, from the position of the fi rst deputy of the Minister of Justice, he obstructed judicial rehabilitation, and even in 1967, he also tried to infl uence court decisions. Already in October of the same year, he was nevertheless appointed administrator of the military district in Mimoň and, from February 1969, also of the military district of Mladá. In February 1970, he became the chairman of the District National Committee in Liberec. However, in the spring of 1970, the leading authorities of the Communist Party discovered that, before his dismissal from offi ce in 1968, he had recorded an interview with the editors of the Czechoslovak Radio about the issues of judicial independence and the deforming 1950s, in which he was supposed to defame the Communist Party and some of its offi cials. At the same time, he handed over secret documents to the editors. This was followed by his removal from the position of chairman of the district national committee and expulsion from the Communist Party. After 1989, he tried unsuccessfully to rehabilitate himself.
- ItemArchitektonická stránka vybraných drážních budov Jihoseveroněmecké spojovací dráhy mezi lety 1854 a 1909Tarant, JiříThe study is based on the diploma thesis „When the train arrived - the history of the railway from Pardubice/Pardubitz to Liberec/Reichenberg between 1854 and 1909“. It aimed to connect architectural-historical and technical research probes into a single narrative. The period procedures, mechanisms, regularities and specifi cs that characterized the selected railway were defi ned in the text by the selected objects. The original concept of the diploma thesis was to also conduct fi eld research and capture the oldest surviving elements of the track. Due to the amount and variety of archival material, this plan has been modifi ed and reduced from its original scope. In the said qualifying work, it was refl ected in the photographs of the current state of the dispatch building in Liberec and Hodkovice nad Mohelkou/Liebenau. Especially in the case of the Liberec railway station, the potential of the archive fund was far from exhausted. There is a relatively large amount of material for study – especially technical constructions – and they open up further possibilities for research.