Alex Jelinek was a Czech-born architect and designer best known for the 1957 Benjamin House in Canberra, considered a significant contribution to experimental modernism in Australia. He also designed furniture for the house, fabricated by Schulim Crimper. The Benjamin House was awarded “House of the Year” in 1958 by Architecture and Arts. In 1961 Jelinek built a steel roadhouse at Peregian (Qld) (demolished 2003).