Between 1934 and 1938 Rosenberg ran his own architectural studio in Prague. His projects included two functionalist villas in his native town, among them the Villa of Dr Viktor Mokrý (1934) and the Building of the Czechoslovak Red Cross (1933–1934).

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His work in Prague consisted mainly of apartment and mixed-use housing. Between 1935 and 1937 he designed the apartment house of J. Hanák in Prague 7, followed by the semi-detached building of the Böhm brothers (1936–1937). In 1937 he completed an apartment and commercial building on Milady Horákové Street, and in 1937–1938 he designed two buildings in Prague 1, connected by an elegant passage.

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Following the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, Rosenberg emigrated to Britain in 1939. He was briefly interned and deported to Australia. He returned to London in 1942.

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In 1944, he co-founded the architectural practice Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardall (YRM) together with F. R. S. Yorke and Cyril Mardall. The firm became one of the most influential architectural offices in post-war Britain.

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As a partner at YRM, Rosenberg contributed to a wide range of major architectural projects. One of the firm’s earliest notable works was Queensmead School (1953), followed by the development of Gatwick Airport (1958 - 1988). In the early 1960s, YRM completed several significant commissions, including the firm’s own offices at Greystoke Place in London (1961), Crawley Hospital (1961), and the Keddies department store in Southend (1963).

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During the mid-1960s, the firm created the design for the synagogue in Belfast, the Electrical Engineering Building at the University of Liverpool (1965), and the planning and development of the University of Warwick campus. At the same time, YRM was responsible for major healthcare and infrastructure projects, including St Thomas’ Hospital in London (1966–1975), the Royal Infirmary in Hull (1967), and operational buildings at Newcastle Airport (1967).

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Alongside his architectural practice, Rosenberg maintained a strong interest in modern and contemporary art. He assembled a significant private collection, parts of which were later bequeathed to the University of Warwick. His book Architect’s Choice: Art in Architecture in Great Britain since 1945, was published posthumously in 1992.

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Rosenberg was a member of The Circle, an association of refugee architects and engineers founded in London in 1943.He died in London on 21 November 1990.

 

Bibliographical References

• ‘Three receding blocks of flats on deep narrow site, with shops and connecting arcade on ground floor, Prague’, Architects' Journal, 1940 July 11, p. 29

• ‘Experimental box-frame house, at Codicote, Herts’, Architects' Journal, 1946 Dec. 5, p. 415-418

• ‘House at Luccombe, I. O. W.’, Architects' Journal, 1947 Feb. 13, p. 167-169

• ‘Experimental box-frame house, at Codicote, Herts’, Architectural Design & Construction, 1947 May, p. 127-128

• ‘Experimental terrace house’, Architectural Design, 1947 May, p. 127-128

• ‘Houses at Cowley Peachey, near Uxbridge, Middlesex’, Architects' Journal, 1947 Oct. 30, p. 390-392

• ‘School at Walkern Road, Stevenage’, RIBA Journal, 1947 Oct., p. 579-583

• ‘Schools: proposed extensions to Shebbear College, N. Devon’, Architectural Design, 1948 Jan., p. 3-7

• ‘Laboratories, Langley Alloys, Langley, Bucks’, Architectural Design, 1948 Feb., p. 22-23

• ‘Proposed cardbox factory, Dagenham’, Builder, 1948 Apr. 2, p. 394-396

• ‘Scheme for workers' flats and houses at Brynmawr, Breconshire’, Architects' Journal, 1948 June 24, p. 579-581

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RIBA Collections References

• Low rental flats

  • CEMA 728.2 / 222​

• Belcrediho (now Palac Letna) apartment block and shops, Milady Horakove 56, Prague VII, for Bohuslav J. Hanak

  • 22327​

• J. Hanak apartment block, Letohradska 52, Prague VII

  • 22328-LS 22328/1 

• Block of flats, u Pruhonu 16, Prague VII

  • LS 22329​

• Two apartment blocks, Elektrarny 424-426, Prague VII

  • LS 22330-22330/2 

• Shopping arcade, apartments and offices, Stepanska 36-Ve Smeckach 27, Prague II

  • 22331-LS 22331/2​

• Low cost apartment block, Schnirchova 1084, Prague VII

  • 22332

  • SCCS321 - SCCS321

• Town planning scheme, Trencin

  • 33135-33135/1, ON1503-ON1504 

• Plans for Prague Airport

  • 33136-33136/5, ON2073-ON2084

• Entry for town planning competition, Mukacevo

  • 33137-33137/3, ON1505-ON1510 

• J. Hanak apartment block, Letohradska 52, Prague VII

  • 33138-33138/27, ON1511-ON1522, ON2085-ON2090, ROS1-ROS3​

• Belcrediho (now Palac Letna) apartment block and shops, Milady Horakove 56, Prague VII, for Bohuslav J. Hanak

  • 33139-33139/20, ON2134-ON2142, ROS6​

• Shopping arcade, apartments and offices, Stepanska 36-Ve Smeckach 27, Prague II

  • 33140-33140/20​

• Two apartment blocks, Elektrarny 424-426 (now Antoninska 4-6), Prague VII

  • 33141-33141/23, ON2120-ON2132, LAN1604-LAN1605, ROS4​

• Low cost apartment block, Schnirchova 1084, Prague VII

  • 33142-33142/4, ON1524-ON1534, LAN452, ROS5​

• Prison, Hukacevo

  • 55036, ON2143-ON2144 

• Dentist's surgery, Topolcany

  • 55037-55037/3, ON2145-ON2149 

• Unidentified interiors, designed by Eugene Rosenberg

  • 55038-55038/1, ON2150-ON2151

• Public housing, Prague/Holesovice (unexecuted project)

  • 55039-55039/3, ON2167-ON2173 

• Workers' University, Prague (unexecuted project)

  • 55040-55040/2, ON2174-ON2177​

• Red Cross tuberculosis and maternity clinic, Topolcany

  • 55041-55041/8, ON2178-ON2190 

• House and surgery for Dr. Mokry, Topolcany

  • 55042-55042/9, ON2192-ON2203​

• Block of flats, u Pruhonu 16, Prague VII

  • 55043-55043/7, ON2207-ON2208 

• Housing for Humanita, Prague-Pancraci (unexecuted project)

  • 55044-55044/5, ON2252-ON2262, LAN1606-LAN1609 

• High School, Lucenec

  • 55045-55045/8, ON2263-ON2266

• Stores, Nitra, Czechoslovakia

  • 55046​

• Stores, offices and flats complex, Prague XIX (unexecuted project)

  • 55047, ON2267-ON2268 

• Competition for a High School, Topolcany 

  • 55048-55048/2, ON2269-ON2270 

• Design for High School, Bratislava 

  • 55049-55049/1, ON2271-ON2274 

• C.P.981 Offices and Flats, Prague VII

  • 55050, ON2275-ON2277

• Shops, offices and flats, Hzbernska, Prague II

  • 55051, ON2278-ON2280 

• Design for flats shown at the Rebuilding Britain Exhibition held at the National Gallery, London

  • 55052-55052/5, ON2281-ON2297 

• Design for flats (types A-D), designed by Eugene Rosenberg while interned at Hay and Tatura, Australia

  • 55053-55053/12, ON2332-ON2356 

• Portraits of Eugene Rosenberg on an unidentified building site

  • 55054-55054/1 

• Designs for the conversion of the Michelin Building, 81 Fulham Road,(Fulham) Hammersmith & Fulham, London, for Terence Conran & Paul Hamlyn

  • PA243/4(1-14) 

• Design for the Wellington Hospital, Wellington Road, Westminster, London

  • PA241/1 

• Design for additions, 62 Princedale Road, Kensington & Chelsea, London

  • PA238/12(1-16)​

• Design, as executed, for the Finnish Seamen's Mission, 33-43 Albion Street, Southwark, London

  • PA238/11​

• Design for additions, Mill House, Wootton, Oxfordshire

  • PA238/10(1-15) 

• Shops, offices and block of flats Baumann, Stepanska 34 - Smecky 25, Prague II

  • PA1125/2(1-5), PA1125/3(1-18), PA1125/4(1-17), PA1125/5(1-9), PA1125/6(1-14), PA1125/7(1-5), PA1125/8(1-2), PA1125/9(1-4), PA1125/10(1-5), PA 1125/11(1-2), RAN 46/N/7 (1-2), DR24/4(1-4), PA2041/7(1-3) 

• Hounting lodge for Mr. Baumann, Prilepy

  • PA1125/1(1-9) 

• High school Topolcany, Benesova st. Unexecuted. Competition design

  • PA1126/1(1-10) 

• Studies of 12 storey block of flats, type A-B

  • PA1126/8 

• Studies of 22 storey block of flats, type C-D

  • PA1126/9​

• Studies of 6 storey block of flats

  • PA1126/10 

• Studies of 3 storey block of flats

  • PA1126/11 

• High School, Lucenec, competition design & working drawings

  • DR2/1(1-13) (now DR6), PA2041/8(1-6), PA1126/3(1) 

• Block of flats and shops Hanak, Belcrediho, Prague VII

  • PA1124/9(1-23) 

• Two blocks of flats for brothers Bohm, first house, U Elektrarny, Prague VII

  • PA1124/3(1-22) 

• Two blocks of flats for brothers Bohm, second house, U Elektrarny, Prague VII

  • PA1124/4(1-19)​

• Two blocks of flats for brothers Bohm, U Elektrarny, Praha VII

  • PA 1124/5(1-9), PA1124/6(1-4) 

• Shops and block of flats, Prague II. Unexecuted

  • PA1126/6(1-3)​

• Block of flats Hanak, Letohradska, Prague VII

  • PA1124/1(1-10) 

• Housing for Humanita association, Na Pankraci, Prague. Unexecuted. Competition design

  • PA1124/7(1-8)

• Block of flats Jerabek, U Pruhonu, Prgue VII

  • PA1124/2(1-15) 

• Block of flats Stepar-Hanak, Schnirchova, Prague VII

  • PA1124/8(1-23) 

• Shops, offices and flats Kumpera, Stepanska st., Prague II

  • PA1126/4(1-5)​

• Block of flats Talacek , Prague XII. Unexecuted

  • PA1126/5(1-2)​

• Flats and shops Vrba-Lewi, Belcrediho av., Prague XIX

  • PA1126/2(1-5)​

• Shops, offices, flats, Prague II, 1010-1011, Hybernska

  • DR124/2(1-4) 

• Block of flats, Australia

  • PA1126/8-11 

• Designs for interiors, 1929

  • RAN 61/E/7 (1-4) 

• Eugene Rosenberg's press cuttings on his work in Prague, Czech Republic, 1931-1940

  • RoE/10 

• Eugene Rosenberg's research papers for his book 'Architect's choice: art in architecture in Great Britain since 1945', 1975-1990

  • RoE/1-9​

• Reports and accounts relating to Yorke Rosenberg Mardall (YRM), 1936-1960

  • YRM/Add/1

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