Josef Gočár

Gočár ( born March 13, 1880 in Semín in Pardubice, † September 10, 1945 in Jičín ) was a Czech architect and urban planner. He is regarded as one of the protagonists of modern Czech architecture.

Gocar studied among others by Jan Kotera in Prague.

His buildings were initially influenced by Cubism, before a specifically Czech style, the Rondo-cubism turned to. End of the 20s his buildings participated in functionalist forms, without having been one of the purists of this style. In particular, the city of Hradec Králové Gocar has as a city planner and architect left his mark.

Gocar practiced not only by its architectural works, but also as a university teacher of great influence.

Works (selection)

• Concrete stairs at the Marienkirche in Hradec Králové (1910 )
• House of the Black Madonna ( 1911-12 )
• Bathhouse in Bohdanec (1912 )
• Bank of the Czechoslovak legions in Prague ( 1922-25 )
• Anglo - Czechoslovak Bank in Prague (1923-1924)
• Development of the Masaryk Square in Hradec Králové ( 1924-26 )
• House of economic Folk Culture in Prague ( 1924-25 )
• Exhibition pavilion of the Czechoslovak Republic at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris ( 1925)
• School Complex at Tylovo NABREZI in Hradec Králové ( 1924-27 )
• Several villas in the village of Baba in Prague ( 1928-34 )
• Office building in the Phoenix Insurance Company in Prague (1928 )
• St. Wenceslas church in Prague - Vršovice (1928-1933)
• House of Prayer St. Ambrose in Hradec Králové ( Hradec Kralove, 1929)
• Competition design for the National Gallery in Prague (1929, not executed)
• Competition design for the Pensions Institute in Prague (1929, not executed)
• Jaruškův dum Královo Pole
• Pavilions and villas in Bohdaneč

Pictures

Water tower in Bohdaneč

Church of St. Wenceslas in Prague

School construction in Ústí nad Labem

Museum in Jaroměř

Book cover, monograph on architect Josef Gočár, Geneva, 1930