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Grand Cinema (Velke Kino) with the Moscow Hotel (formerly the Spolecensky Dum or Community House Hotel) behind it, Labour Square, Zlin

RIBA Ref No RIBA78757
Architect/DesignerGahura, Frantisek, Lydia (1891-1958)
Karfik, Vladmir (1901-1996)
Lorenc, Miroslav (1896-1943)
CountryCzech Republic
CityZlin
Subject Date1932
Image Date1949
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP Box 773 Czechoslovakia
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectHotels ; Cinemas
NOTES: The cinema with over 2000 seats was the largest in central Europe when it opened and its design has been ascribed variously to Miroslav Lorenc and Frantisek Gahura. The hotel's initial design was by Lorenc but Vladimir Karfik took over the job and redesigned and completed the construction.
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