Tag Jakub Skokan

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.

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.

20-03-2017

Czech studio Mjölk brings Chicago to Liberec

Ryan Nelson was born in Chicago, has travelled the world, and ended up in the small Czech town of Liberec. Ryan brought American hamburgers to the Czech Republic with a little help from the architects of Mjölk.

20-02-2017

Coll Coll designs the Dancer's Pad, a home for a lawyer who loves to dance

The architects knew their client was a lawyer, but until they met her, a piece of the puzzle seemed to be missing. When they spoke everything was cleared up: the client demanded a pole and a place for showing off her collection of 15 cm high heels.

11-01-2017

Devoto created a bedroom with a miniature crane

Devoto makes handmade custom-designed furniture in the Czech Republic, specialising in furniture for children and putting a story into everything they design. Here, for example, they have created a room for an aspiring young crane operator.

14-06-2016

Henkai Architects’ Precious Stone Gallery

The Czech studio Henkai Architects has designed a combined store and exhibition space, Precious Stone Gallery, for a stone seller with a long history.

17-05-2016

DDAANN’s Byt Pro Hosta: an apartment in a studio

The architects of DDAANN converted the study in a house in Prague into a separate little guest apartment. The project’s success may be attributed not only to the architects’ work but to the client’s helpfulness.