Svagr is a Czech Architect , he was born in 1885 Týnčany And passed away in Bohemia – 1969, Claypole. He moved to Japan in 1923 and started working there,
designing many buildings. Švagr left Japan due to the war in April 1941 to Latin America where he continued to participate in several projects, but he mainly worked in japan through his career life, and he became famous on the Japanese islands mainly for his earthquake-resistant constructions till nowadays.

History:

In nearby Petrovice he was
christened Jan Nepomuk. And it is with this patron, as well as with the
picture of Hradčany, that the astonishing architect David Vávra will meet in
the stained glass windows of the neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of the
Lord in Yokohama, So thanks to his contacts in the local diocese, Jan Josef
Švagr designed and built mainly Christian temples and, paradoxically, also one
Muslim mosque in Kobe. Its more than twenty constructions realized in
Japan are documented. 

Jan Josef Svagr Projects :

1908:

-Tobetsu
Trappist Monastery (in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō)

1925:

-Kouran Girls’ Jr-Sr High School (destroyed) (in Yokohama, Kanagawa)

1925:

-Siber Hegner Co. Warehouse
(demolished) (in
Yokohama, Kanagawa)

1928:

-Standard Oil Co. Office Bldg.
(demolished) (in Yokohama, Kanagawa)
1929:

-Rising Sun Petroleum
Co. Office Bldg. (demolished)  (in
Yokohama, Kanagawa)

-Rising
Sun Petroleum Co. Housing (demolished) (in
Yokohama, Kanagawa)

1931:

-Missil Mease’s House (demolished) (in Yokohama, Kanagawa)

-Kent’s
House (demolished)

1932:

-Official Residence of The Canadian ambassador  (in Akasaka, Tokyo)

1933:

-St. Luke’s International Hospital (in Tsukiji,
Tokyo)

–Yamate Catholic Church (Sacred Heart Cathedral) (in Yokohama, Kanagawa)

-Catholic
Diocese Of Fukuoka Bishop’s Residence (in Fukuoka, Fukuoka)
1934:

-St.
Joseph International School Auditorium and Gymnasium (demolished) (in Yokohama, Kanagawa)

-The
House Of The Meditation (in Nerima, Tokyo)

1935:

-Marguerite Bourgeoys Center (Ex-Notre-Dame
Monastery) (in Fukushima, Fukushima)

–The Kobe Muslim Mosque  (in Kobe, Hyōgo)

1936:

-Seishin Joshi Gakuin Jr-Sr High School Addition
(in Shirokane, Tokyo)

1937:

-E.V.Bernard’s House (in Yokohama, Kanagawa)

1938:

-Hodogaya Catholic Church (in Yokohama, Kanagawa)

-Helm
House Apartment (demolished) (in Yokohama,
Kanagawa)

1939:

-Toyonaka Catholic Church (in Toyonaka, Osaka)