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Josef Žák

 
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Biography

Josef Žák became a builder “by the decree of the Imperial-Royal Viceregency of 18 June 1896 and by the magistrate’s assessment of 7 July 1896”.[1] At that time, he lived at 1642/2 Hálkova Street in Prague’s New Town. He designed buildings and was active in building construction. In 1898 he took part in the exhibition of architecture and engineering in Prague, where he received the silver medal of the City of Prague.[2]

Žák also took part in project competitions. In 1898, for example, he came third in a competition for the design of a realschule in Náchod. In 1899, he designed a school building in Kukleny, Hradec Králové, which he later built together with Filip Trdlica.

Josef Žák also worked on a number of projects in Prague, mainly as a co-author of designs or as a builder of designs by various architects. He collaborated with architects Antonín Engel, František Velich, and Osvald Polívka. 

Denisa Römerová, Vojtěch Škuta, Dominika Dobiášová

 
Notes
[1] VLČEK, Pavel. Encyklopedie architektů, stavitelů, zedníků a kameníků v Čechách. Prague: Academia, 2004. p. 735. ISBN 80-200-0969-8. Also available from: https://dnnt.mzk.cz/uuid/uuid:08553180-0a5f-11e5-b562-005056827e51
 
[2] page 72, page numbering problem, KAFKA, Josef. Výstava architektury a inženýrství: Spojená s výstavou motorů a pomocných strojů pro maloživnostníky, s přidruženou výstavou vynálezů pro živnostníky a s odbornou výstavou klempířů zemí koruny České v Praze 1898. Prague: Executive Committee of the Exhibition, 1898. Also available from: http://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/mlp/uuid/uuid:396a4840-ca85-11dc-a8c8-000d606f5dc6
 
Other Works
1911
Office tenement house in Prague–Josefov, 40/5 U starého hřbitova Street (designed by Antonín Engel)
 
1912–1914
Small tenement houses in Prague’s Hradčany, in Tychonova, Na valech, Pod baštami and K Brusce Streets, no. 272–281
 
1926
House in Prague’s New Town, 882/2 Nekázanka Street (designed together with Osvald Polívka)
 
1927–1928
Extension of the fourth floor of the Provincial Bank in Prague–New Town, 857/2 Nekázanka Street 
 
1927
Extension of the fourth floor of a house in Prague–New Town, 1758/2 Na Poříčí Street

 

Literature
  • Pavel Vlček, Encyklopedie architektů, stavitelů, zedníků a kameníků v Čechách. Praha: Academia, 2004. s. 735. 

Měšťanské školy v Kuklenách (současný stav), 2020. Photo: Jiří Zikmund. Zdroj: © kontrapunkt, z. ú.
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