Emil Králíček, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emil Králíček

Czech architect

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1877

Place of Birth: Havlíčkův Brod, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1930

Profession: architect

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Emil Králícek (October 11, 1877 – March 26, 1930) was a Czech architect.
Králícek studied at Prague Industrial Arts School and in the offices of Antonin Balsanek in Prague and Joseph Maria Olbrich in Darmstadt.
He began designing in Prague around 1900 in the office of Matej Blecha, and worked in the styles of classicism, Art Nouveau, Czech Cubism and Czech Rondocubism successively.
Beginning as draftsman Králícek worked himself into a position of project manager, and developed collaborations with a number of Czech sculptors like Celda Kloucek, Antonín Waigant and Karel Pavlík.
Králícek started his own office in 1920, and committed suicide ten years afterward.
Work includes: Hotel Zlatá Husa, Wenceslas Square in Prague, with Matej Blecha, 1909-1910 Adam Pharmacy, at #8 Wenceslas Square, with Blecha, 1911-1913 the Diamant House in Prague, with Blecha, 1912-1913 Šupich Building, now the Moravian Bank, Wenceslas Square, possible attribution with BlechaEmil Králícek designs