Train post office in Brno, Post office building in Brno, Czech Republic
The train post office in Brno is a functionalist building with horizontal lines and two rows of ribbon windows that emphasize its modern construction. The entrance features a distinctive curved marquee of steel framework that makes the building stand out from the street.
Architect Bohuslav Fuchs won the architectural competition at the end of the 1930s and designed the building on a plot partly occupied by an earlier post office. Because the station was meant to move, he gave it a light steel structure so it could be dismantled. From the 1980s partial repairs removed original fittings, including steel benches with solid oak seats and backs.
The poet Petr Bezruč worked here as a senior official before the war; a memorial plaque marks this at the building's eastern corner. The post office branch Brno 2, the second largest in Czechia in 2023, closed to the public on 12 May 2023.
The post office branch closed to the public on 12 May 2023, so the interior, including the paternoster lift repaired in 2013, is not open for visits. The building stands on Nádražní street within the protected main station area; a replacement branch opened in the nearby Letmo shopping centre.
The building's elongated 80 × 15 m plan follows the line of the railway tracks. Architect Bohuslav Fuchs chose a light steel structure above ground so the post office could be dismantled if the station were moved; whether that is still feasible today is uncertain.
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