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Tyl, Oldrich
(b Ejpovice, near Rokycany, 12 April 1884; d Prague, 4 April 1939). Czech architect. He graduated in architecture (1913) from the Technical University, Prague, and immediately became a member of the Architects’ Club. In 1920 he was co-founder of a business organization called the Tekta Society. Tyl was among the first to foster the development of Functionalist architecture in Prague. His numerous commercial and administrative buildings demonstrate a constructional inventiveness with their clarity of composition, balanced proportions and restrained approach. His most outstanding work was the building (1926–8; with Josef Fuchs) for the Trade Fair Palace (damaged by fire 1974; reconstructed 1981–93) in Prague, which was one of the first large Functionalist structures in Europe. His other main work was the Black Rose Shopping Arcade (1931–9), Prague; this is based on two large multi-storey galleries, symmetrically arranged and with an aesthetically pleasing structure of glass and concrete.
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