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14-10-2020

Qarta architektura: Auditorium of the College of Polytechnics, Jihlava

With the new auditorium of the College of Polytechnics in Jihlava (VŠPJ), Czech Republic, Qarta architektura has expressed the modern idea of cultural community through a reflection on the concept of architectural decoration. The dialogical relationship with the building - formerly a communist court and now the location of the Polytechnic - plays a central role.

01-10-2020

Chestnut House by ValArch Ateliér

The young Czech architectural studio, ValArch Ateliér, has built a rural house that combines respect for the context with the use of local raw materials. Chestnut House is a welcoming sanctuary in an area of great scenic beauty.

04-09-2020

Public Atelier + FUUZE: Expansion of Vřesovice school

With the aim of expanding the elementary school in Vřesovice u Prostějova, Czech Republic, Public Atelier and FUUZE architects practices have restored a Baroque-era rectory, one of the major landmarks in the village. The vibrant architectural design accentuates the corridors and central courtyard.

17-08-2020

An elementary school by SOA architekti with passive energy standards

The Amos primary school, designed by the Czech studio SOA architekti is the first school - and one of the Czech Republic’s few public buildings - designed to passive energy standards. Taking its cue from the region’s vernacular architecture, this building just outside Prague doubles as a community centre for the village of Psáry.

03-08-2020

ORA and a house inside a ruin

The young designers from the architecture firm, ORA based in Znojmo, Czech Republic, completed a house inside the remains of an old building in Zadní Arnoštov, a village in the Moravia region. A project for the grand architecture that respects its layers of history without creating a historical fake.

24-07-2020

CMC ARCHITECTS, Radiocafé Vinohradská 12

Prague-based firm, CMC ARCHITECTS have completed a fascinating refurbishment and restyling project of the historic Czech Radio headquarters in Prague. The result is a café with a sleek, simple, and stylish interior that corresponds to the aesthetic of the original 1930 interiors.

22-06-2020

Revitalizing Prague’s Waterfront by petrjanda/brainwork

A ten-year project for the revitalization of the riverfront area of Prague, at the same time, setting up a new connection between the Vltava River and the city. The whole project extends along the Prague riverbank for more than 4 km and has sparked a gradual cultural and social rebirth in those areas that had been abandoned after the 2002 floods.

01-06-2020

Art Villas, a resort in Costa Rica designed by Formafatal

The small, Art Villas resort sits in the lush Costa Rican jungle. A comfortable fit with its natural context, the architecture designed by the multidisciplinary studio, Formafatal, founded by Dagmar Stepanova, is based on a connection between indoors and outdoors and a very pure formal language.