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11-07-2017

Stajnhaus by ORA Architects

The Czech architecture studio ORA is responsible for restoration work in Mikulov, between Brno and Vienna. The Medieval Stajnhaus had undergone so many transformations that it became unrecognisable. However, it maintained a certain appeal that the architects wanted to preserve.

27-06-2017

Nejen Bistro by Mar.s Architects

The Czech Mar.s architecture studio has redeveloped a restaurant in the Karlìn area of Prague after the flooding of 2002, transforming it into the Nejen Bistro, an open-space restaurant full of light and freshness.

22-06-2017

Apartment Letna by Jana Schnappel Hamrová

Czech Jana Schnappel Hamrová is both an architect and engineer. This can be seen in the beauty, rationality and functionality of her latest project, Apartment Lenta, in the historic centre of Prague.

01-06-2017

Coll Coll has created Špejle: tapas from the Czech Republic

The Basques call them pintxos and the Spanish tapas. In the Czech Republic they are called “chlebíček” and they can be found in Prague, at Špejle, “Spiedo”, a new restaurant created by the Czech architecture studio Coll Coll, which had to overcome three challenges.

22-05-2017

A soft house: Mimosa Architects' Family House

There is a neighbourhood in Dob??š, in the Czech Republic, where the houses reflect their owners' personality, forming an architectural puzzle which is as various as it is unusual. This is where Mimosa Architects built Family House.

27-04-2017

More than just spirits: ADR s.r.o.’s Javornice Distillery

In the village of Javornice, in southern Bohemia, is a distillery designed by Czech architects ADR in a converted 19th century farmhouse. But the building is used to do more than distil fruit.

18-04-2017

Extension on a Slivenec house by Barbora Leblova

Czech architect Barbora Léblová planned an extension on a home with a patio in Slivenec, Prague, in the Czech Republic. The biggest challenge in the project was how to bring daylight into a windowless bathroom.

03-04-2017

Liko Noe and Franek Architects’ scientific approach

Ecology is architects’ daily bread, but what happens when the principles underlying a design are determined in partnership with a team of scientists? The answer may be found in the latest project by Zdeněk Fránek, a Czech architect who has been practicing scientific design for some time.