The southern slopes of the first large suburb in the capital city of Prague have always attracted people to posh residential living. However, the romanticizing delirium of typical construction with steep roofs, ostentatious stone soffits and superfluous brick cladding used to be a laughing stock for modernist architects in their time, who dreamed o...
Project name
Under the Top
Architecture firm
No Architects
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Studio Flusser
Principal architect
Jakub Filip Novák, Daniela Baráčková, Lenka Juračková
Collaborators
David Hromada, Joinery products: CZ interiéry
Built area
Built-up Area 173 m² Gross Floor Area 245 m² Usable Floor Area 175 m²
Landscape
Living in green
Material
Ceramic tiles, concrete screed, ash and oak floors. Joinery products – lacquered mdf, oak veneer and solid wood
Typology
Residential › House
For his house, the client selected a parcel on a gentle incline. From the house, there is a broad and long view over a grassy plain towards the forests on the edge of the property. The house is made of layers. The interior always alternates with a layer of exterior. The entrance object and its facilities are separated from the main house by a belt...
Project name
The House in the preserve
Architecture firm
Huť Architektury Martin Rajniš (HAMR)
Location
Železná, Czech Republic
Photography
Andrea Thiel Lhotáková
Principal architect
Martin Rajniš
Interior design
Otakar Chochol
Material
Stone, timber, concrete
Typology
Residential › House
Newly built family house in a typical terraced housing in a small village, a suburb of Moravský Krumlov. For the construction, we chose a strict, respectful archetype shape of the house that was already there before our intervention. However, the expression of the house takes on radical and strict shapes in our design. The choice of materials and c...
Project name
Family House Polánka
Location
Nová 1611, 672 01 Moravský Krumlov, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Radek Pasterný
Collaborators
Petr Ducháč (Statics)
Built area
Built-up Area 175 m² Gross Floor Area 295 m² Usable Floor Area 257 m²
Landscape
Stanislav Schwarz
Material
Masonry – sand-lime bricks. Ceilings – reinforced concrete. Floor – cement trowel. Roofing – folded metal sheet. Facade – organic fine-grain plaster. Facade – larch decking. Roof structure – wooden trusses. Interior plaster – gypsum plaster. Furniture – solid oak + MDF.
Typology
Residential › House
In the southern part of Malé Kyšice town on the edge of the Křivoklát woods, there is a residential district originally home to weekend cottages. One such cottage on a flat plot of land was replaced by a passive home. The floor plan closely resembles a quarter-circle with walls made of exposed concrete blocks. The rounded wall and the ceilings are...
Project name
House That Opens Up to the Sun
Architecture firm
Stempel & Tesar architekti
Location
Malé Kyšice, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Ján Stempel, Jan Jakub Tesař
Collaborators
Chief project engineer: Aleš Herold; Wooden construction statics: Timber design.
Built area
Built-up Area 127 m² Usable Floor Area 157 m²
Typology
Residential › House
For this project client contacted us during a house purchase. It was preowned building constructed not long time ago. But the interior was very basic and didn’t suite the family needs. New owners wanted to create a place where they could display art pieces owned in their collection. Also, a cosy space with natural materials.
Project name
Interior of Villa Unetice
Architecture firm
OBJECTUM
Location
Unetice, Central Czech Republic
Principal architect
Jana Schnappel Hamrova
Interior design
Jana Schnappel Hamrova
Lighting
Bomma, Catellani smith
Typology
Residential › House
Winery Přátelé Pavlova (Friends of Pavlov) is located in a vineyard on the gentle north-eastern slope of the Pálava hills with a stunning view of the river Dyje valley and the Novomlýnské reservoirs. The landscape influences it. The building is horizontal, calm, flowing, like the surrounding vineyards.
Project name
Winery Přátelé Pavlova
Architecture firm
Atelier Štěpán
Location
Slunný vrch 333, 692 01 Pavlov, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Marek Jan Štěpán
Design team
Jan Vodička, Marin Kopecký, Dalibor Klusáček, Jan Martínek, Alena Dvořáčková
Construction
Bystroň Group [Pavel Konečný]
Material
Reinforced concrete cast in frame formwork – load-bearing pillars with thermal breaks. Glued spruce wood KVH, BSH – roof. Larch wood – facade, doors. Expanded metal – shelter facade, sliding door. Stainless steel – wine tanks.
The client's wish was to create a home that would provide a feeling of airiness and spaciousness and at the same time, they desired the possibility to separate the daily activities so the members of the household will not disturb each other.
Architecture firm
Formafatal
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Katarína Varsová
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Massif oak – dining table. Concrete – ceiling. Black Terazzo – sills. Oak parquet – floor. Ceramics – walls of bathrooms. Metal – frames, pipes for cables, handrails
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Four individual lookouts on the top of the mountain Stráž above Rokytnice nad Jizerou inspired by the characters from the town's coat of arms. The Miner, the Fox, the Sheep, and the Bear provide a view not only of the surrounding landscape, but also from one to another. They are a reference to the past, when smoke signals were sent from the local h...
Project name
The Guard Patrol
Architecture firm
Mjölk architekti
Location
Rokytnice nad Jizerou, Czech Republic
Collaborators
Architecture: Pavlína Müllerová; General contractor: Strix; Statics: Recoc
Built area
Built-up Area 17 m² The Fox 14 m²; The Bear 9 m²; The Sheep 10 m²; The Miner
Client
The Municipality of Rokytnice nad Jizerou
