Jan Bočan (17 October 1937 – 7 December 2010) was a Czech architect, university educator, urban planner and designer.

Biography

Bočan was born of 17 October 1937 in

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. In 1962, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the

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, where he returned in 1990 as the head of his studio. On 2 May 2006, he was appointed professor by the

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. Among other things, he is the co-author of the new building of the

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(Prague Central Station), Fairmont Golden Prague Hotel, the

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housing estate Velká Ohrada and several embassy buildings (e.g. the embassies in

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and

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). In 1971, he and a team of co-authors were awarded the

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Award for the best design of the year in London for the Сzechoslovak embassy (today Slovak embassy). The design of the Embassy in Tbilisi was awarded by the Union of Architects and the Ministry of Construction of Georgia in 2005. In 2009, he was awarded the Grand Prix of Architects for his lifetime achievement by the Czech Association of Architects. He died on 7 December 2010, at the age of 73. His daughter is actress

Mahulena Bočanová Mahulena Bočanová (born 18 March 1967 in Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava Rive ...

Selected works

* Recreational cottage at Slapy, 1962, author: Bočan * Czechoslovak Embassy in London, 1971, authors: Šrámek, Bočan Štěpánský * Czechoslovak Embassy in

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, 1972, authors: Bočan, Rothbauer, Šrámek * Czechoslovak Embassy in Brazil, 1973, authors: Filsak, Šrámek, Bočan * Prague Central Station, 1973, authors: Bočan, Danda, Šrámková, Šrámek * Hotel Intercontinentál in Prague (Fairmont Golden Prague Hotel), 1974, authors: Bočan, Šrámek, Rothbauer, Hřivnáč, Novotný * Family semi-detached villa in Prague-Baba, 1977, author: Bočan * The Velká Ohrada housing estate in the South-Western Town in Prague, construction began in 1978, author: Bočan, Rothbauer * Above-standard housing in Prague-Trója, start of implementation 1989, author: Bočan * Multifunctional house in

Kouřim Kouřim (; ) is a town in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Kouřim ...

, 1998, authors: Bočan, Škarda * Czech Embassy in Tbilisi, 2005, authors: Bočan, Koňata, Tomášek, Braum, Strach, Hilský, Seidl, Císler

References

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