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Functionalist architecture in Brno
Functionalist architecture is an important part of the architectural heritage of the city of Brno, Czech Republic. The beginnings of the development of the modern urban shape of Brno date to the 1830s, when the city walls were torn down. The fortification was replaced by a circular road surrounding the centre, a typical example of Ringstraßenstil (Ringstraße Style). Around 1900, the city began to grow rapidly and the urban development created new industrial and residental suburbs. However, the buildings were still designed mainly in the styles of the late historicism and Art Nouveau of German and Austrian provenance.

Following the establishment of the new Czechoslovak state, Brno became the second biggest city in Czechoslovakia. Its political, economic and cultural ambitions led also to the significant building development. From the 1920s, Brno gradually became an important centre of modern Central European architecture. Bohuslav Fuchs, a foremost exponent of the generation of modern Czech architects, settled in Brno in 1922. At the turn of the years 1924/1925, several European pioneers of modern architecture lectured in Brno and Prague: Le Corbusier, Amédée Ozenfant, Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud, Theo van Doesburg, Walter Gropius and Adolf Loos, a native of Brno. A new architectural style called functionalism was fully established during construction of the Brno Exhibition Centre in the 1928. The same year, Brno hosted an exhibiton focused on contemporary culture. Part of the exhibiton, the New House Colony, was dedicated to modern living.

Villa Tugendhat, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is considered the most important example of modern architecture in Brno. It was built between the years 1928-1930. Villa Tugendhat was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001.

List of significant functionalist buildings in Brno
Following is the list of important functionalist buildings in Brno designed and built from 1925 to 1939, with the addition of several buildings designed after the end of World War II, from 1945 to 1948.