Jan Letzel

(1880 - 1925)

1880	April 9, born in Nachod, Austria-Hungary at that time, now Czech Republic; father was a hotel owner who run the "Letzel Hotel" in Nachod
1899	completeted successfully the training in the construction department of the Higher Vocational School, joined the post of assistant in the Department of Civil Engineering of the State Industrial School in Pardubice
1901-4	won a scholarship to study architecture at UMPRUM, the School of Applied Arts in Prague under Professor Jan Koreta (1871-1923) who himself was a pupil of Otto Wagner (1841-1918)
1904-5	worked in Quido Belsky's architect office in Prague, where he planned the tearoom of Grand Hotel Evropa in Prague and the Dvorana (Hall) of Msene Springs (Czech)
1905-07	worked in Fabricio Pascha's architect office in Cairo, Egypt
1907	June, came to Japan to join George de Lalande's architect office in Yokohama. George de Lalande (1872-1914) was a distinguished architect at that time in Japan, Korea and China. Letzel was head of staff, lived in Nakamura-cho, Yokohama.
1908	moved into a house at Higasi-shinano-cho, Yotsuya-ku, Tokyo
1909	became an independent architect, made a limited partnership with Karel Jan Hora (1881-1973), "Letzel & Hora", Ginza-Izumo-cho, Tokyo
1910	adopted 5 years old girl Hanna Mahit
1912	April, moved the office to the Mitsubishi Building No.3, Marunouchi, Tokyo
1913	June 20, dissolved the limited partnership Letzel & Hora [Hora returned home to Bohemia on at February 16, 1913], established "Jan Letzel's architect office"
1915	had to give up the work due to WWI, closed his architect office at the end of the year
1919	August 27, following the independence of Czechoslovakia after WWI, Letzel received a post of commercial attaché at the Czechoslovak embassy in Tokyo
1920	March 26, left Japan and returned home, abandoned a few months later his attaché post
1922	November 15, returned to Japan
1923	September 1, the Great Kanto Earthquake in Tokyo, of his works the Japan Private Health Association Hall, the Sophia University and the Tsukigi Seiyo-ken Hotel were destroyed
	November 27, left Japan from Yokohama
1925	December 26, passed away in Prague

project list

	as employee of George de Lalande's office in Yokohama
1907	Kobe Oriental Hotel Deutsches Haus of Yokohama
1909	Seishin Women's School, Shiroganedai, Tokyo
	in partnership with Karel Jan Hora, "Letzel & Hora" company, Ginza-Izumo-cho, Tokyo

1910	Futaba Women's School
1911	Japan Private Health Association [Hall], Ote-machi, Tokyo
	replica of Mary's cavern in Sekiguchidai Church
	Baron Nagayo's residence, Azabuhujimi-cho, Tokyo
1912	extension of Tsukigi Seiyo-ken Hotel
	Jan Letzel's architect office
1913	Matsushima Park Hotel, Miyagi prefecture
	Boehler's residence, Baden (near Vienna)
1914	Sophia University, Tokyo
1915	Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall [now, A-bomb Dome]
1916	Dr. Bryan's residence, Shimo-Shibuya, Tokyo
1917	Ueno Seiyo-ken Hotel, Tokyo [The hotel was destroyed by a big typhoon on October 1st, 1917.]
	Miyajima Hotel, Hiroshima