Karel Řepa

Karel Řepa was a Czechoslovak architect.

Life and career

Born in Nový Ples, a pupil of Jože Plečnik, Řepa graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. A functionalist, after working in the Prague studio of, in the mid-1920s he moved to Pardubice, where he realized his most important works, notably the Pardubice Railway Station, the Industrial Museum and the Masarykův football stadium.
Řepa died on 2 March 1963, at the age of 67. He was the father of architect Miroslav Řepa.