František Janda

František Janda (10 September 1886 – 2 March 1956) was a Czech architect and urban planner, in which capacity he authored many regulation designs. Janda studied under the tutelage of Jan Kotěra at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.[1] Along with pianist and composer Václav Štěpán he founded the Arts Forum, for which he designed and in 1925 finished construction of his Cooperative Arts Forum building in Prague's Malá Strana district. For the remainder of his life Janda lived in this building. In 1960, four years after his death, the property was confiscated by the communist government. Janda's wife, however, was allowed to continue living there until her death. His most famous building is probably the functionalist Waldekova Vila in Hradec Králové (1937).[2]

For the Czech Olympic wrestler, see František Janda (wrestler).

František Janda
Waldekova Vila (1937)
Born(1886-09-10)10 September 1886
Běrunice, Austria-Hungary
(now Czech Republic)
Died2 March 1956(1956-03-02) (aged 69)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzechoslovakian
Alma materAcademy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
OccupationArchitect, urban planner
Poděbrady water tower
Kolín water tower

Works
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References
  1. Lukeš, Z., "ARCHITEKTURA: Ještě jednou Kotěra", Lidové noviny, 31 December 2013.
  2. Šmejdová, I., "Běrunice, pětilístek obcí na hranici okresu i kraje", Deník, 15 March 2016.
  3. Hilmera, J., Theatre Na Prádle, European Theatre Architecture Database.

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