Facts: - death place: prague , czechoslovakia - residence: trmalova villa - known for: architecture - caption: 1923 portrait by vladimir jindrich bufka - death date: 17 april 1923 - birth date: 18 december 1871 - name: jan kotera - nationality: czech - image: jan kotera 1914 bufka.png - birth place: brno , czechoslovakia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jan kotera .
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jan kotera -lrb- 18 december 1871 -- 17 april 1923 -rrb- was a czech architect , artist and interior designer , and one of the key figures of modern architecture in bohemia .