Emil Králíček

Who was Emil Králíček?

Emil Králíček was a Czech architect.

Králíček 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 Matěj Blecha, and worked in the styles of classicism, Art Nouveau, Czech Cubism and Czech Rondocubism successively. Beginning as draftsman Králíček worked himself into a position of project manager, and developed collaborations with a number of Czech sculptors like Celda Klouček, Antonín Waigant and Karel Pavlík.

Králíček started his own office in 1920, and committed suicide ten years afterward.

Work includes:

Hotel Zlatá Husa, Wenceslas Square in Prague, with Matěj 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 Blecha

Emil Králíček designs

Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913, entrance

Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913, elevation

Cubist lantern near Adam Pharmacy, Prague, 1911-1913

Villa Benies, Litol, 1912-1913

Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919

Šupich houses, Prague, 1911-1919, elevation detail