New City Hall, Ostrava

The jury chose Vladimír Fischer as the best proposal, but suggested that they draw up the final project together.

[2] The design changed from more traditional and classical to stylised, illustrating the growing influence of Modernism.

The building, with a total cost of 52 million CZK, was inaugurated on 28 October 1930 on the occasion of the National Day of the Czechoslovak Republic.

Due to the instability of the subsoil, instead of the planned heavy masonry tower, a lightweight steel structure clad with copper and glass was finally adopted.

The tower is 85.6 meters high, the tallest for a town hall in the Czech Republic at the time.

The four storey facade of the main section is more elaborate, with an arcaded portico entrance supporting a terrace, with four full height pilasters above, topped by four 3.2 m high bronze statues by Václav Mach which symbolize the four functions of the city: mining, trade, science and metallurgy.