Jan Evangelista Koula

An architect, furniture designer, historian, modern architectural theoretician, designer, teacher, and editor of the “Stavba” Magazine. He was a professor at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague and, between 1947 and 1970, also at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Besides a house in Baba for the publisher Václav Poláček, he also authored a number of unique publications on modern architecture, such as Obytný dům.

1915-1921
studied architecture at CTU in Prague

1924-1928
cooperation with the architectural studio of Oldřich Tyl

1928-1940
independent architect in Prague

1942-1945
professor at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague

1945-1970
professor at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Significant Works

1928
the editor Šalda’s villa, Prague-Smíchov

1932
house of Marie and Václav Poláček, Baba, Prague-Dejvice

1933
summer villa, Lipany

1939
reconstruction of Jan Koula’s villa, Prague-Bubeneč

1932 house of Marie and Václav Poláček, Baba, Prague-Dejvice