Ernst Wiesner

Ernst Wiesner, also known as Arnošt Wiesner (21 January 1890, in Malacky, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire – 15 July 1971, in Liverpool) was a modernist architect, one of the foremost interwar period architects of Brno.

His ancestors with German surnames Wiesner came from the area of modern Austria.

After World War I he worked as an independent architect in the city of Brno, until 1939.

Wiesner was a very active architect in the city between the World Wars.

With the Third Reich's increasing grip on Czechoslovakia, Wiesner emigrated to Great Britain where he lived for the remainder of his life, and joined the foreign anti-fascist resistance during World War II.