Josef Chochol (13 December 1880,

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– 6 July 1956,

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) was a

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architect.

Education

Chochol studied architecture at the

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(1908–24), then at the academy in

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, under the guidance of

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(1907–09).

Career

He was one of three significant

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architects, together with

Pavel Janák Pavel Janák (12 March 1881 in Karlín – 1 August 1956 in Prague-Dejvice) was a Czech modernist architect, furniture designer, town planner, professor and theoretician. Life Janák studied with Otto Wagner in Vienna between 1906 and 1908, and ...

and

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; all three were members of the

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. Chochol was a member since 1913 until he was expelled in 1945 for "patriotic deficiency". Three buildings he designed in

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(part of Prague) are considered masterworks of cubist architecture: * Villa Kovařovic (''Kovařovicova vila'') at Libušina 49 near Rašínově nábřeží / square, named after the owner Bedřich Kovařovic, constructed 1912-13 * a cubist villa at Neklanova 98, based on a design by František Hodek, constructed 1912-13 * a villa, now called ''Kubistický Trojdům'' (the "Cubist Threehouse"), at Rašínovo nábřeží 47, constructed 1913-14 Other of his projects were: * renovation of the Brožík-hall in the Old City Hall * the original Troja-bridge (''Trojský most'') between

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and Troja, designed with engineer František Mencl, constructed 1926-28; renamed Barricades bridge (''Barikádníků most'') in 1946 and in service until 1975 Most of his other designs (cubist factory, theater) were admired but never realized. In 1914 he abandoned the Cubist style and began working in the internationally oriented constructivist style. Chochol was also active in politics: he was a founding member of the Left Front organisation and the Association of Socialist Architects, and was the only one of the Czech Cubists with strong political views.

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Short biography, photos of his designsBiography (in Czech)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chochol, Josef Czech architects 1880 births 1956 deaths Cubist architects Czech Technical University in Prague alumni

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