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Prokop, August
(b Iglau [now Jihlava], 15 Aug 1838; d Gries bei Baden, 18 Aug 1915). Moravian architect and writer. He studied in Vienna at the Polytechnic and at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste under Eduard van der Nüll, August Sicard von Siccardsburg, Heinrich von Ferstel and Friedrich von Schmidt. From 1867 he lived in Brünn (now Brno), and in the following year he was appointed architectural adviser to the diocese, and dean and president (1868–92) of the Polytechnic in Brünn, before leaving (1892) to teach at the Polytechnic in Vienna. He was involved in the conservation of old buildings and was a prolific writer, chiefly on architectural history. In his early works he often combined Gothic Revival brick exteriors with spacious timber interiors. These included the Lobkowitz Mausoleum (1867–71) at Netín, the synagogue (1867) at Gross Meseritsch (now Velké Mezirící), the Gymnasium (1867–8, 1877–8) at Brünn, the castle of Rantírov (1873) and the church of St Nicholas (1880–81) at Tvarozná. In designs for family houses, for example the Villa Ripka von Rechthofen (1883–5) at Brünn and the Villa Redlich (1884) at Austerlitz (now Slavkov), near Brünn, he drew inspiration mainly from north European Renaissance buildings. In designs for larger mansions he was also influenced by the French Renaissance style, evident, for example, at the Radnicky House (1885) and the Bares House (1886), both at Brünn, and the Müller House (1871–2) in Vienna. In church restorations he followed the purist late medieval style pursued by the Stephansdom school in Vienna; in Brünn this work included the church of St Mary (1885–91), partial restoration of the cathedral (1885–91, 1899) and the chapel (1886–8) in the Bishop’s Palace, and in Olmütz (now Olomouc) he was involved in the restoration (1891) of the church of St Maurice. His secular restorations in similar style included the Schwarzhaus (1882) in Brünn and the castles at Pernstein (now Pernstejn; 1886–8), Strazisko (1888) and Mitrov (1890–91).
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