The house was designed for a couple seeking a weekend getaway in the woods to balance their busy everyday lives in the Czech capital. The site is located near Žloukovice village in a protected landscape area Křivoklátsko. Decades ago, a community of „tramps“, young people influenced by E. T. Seton’s woodcraft movement, used to build small cabins in...
Project name
Weekend House in the Woods
Architecture firm
System Recovery Architects
Location
Žloukovice, Czech Republic
Photography
Helena Línová, Vítězslav Kůstka
Principal architect
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Design team
Helena Línová, Vítězslav Kůstka
Interior design
Helena Línová, Vítězslav Kůstka
Civil engineer
Pila Martinice
Structural engineer
Pila Martinice
Environmental & MEP
Pila Martinice
Supervision
Helena Línová, Vítězslav Kůstka
Construction
Pila Martinice
Material
Larch, perforated aluminium sheets, spruce
Typology
Residential › House
When we first met with this project and our client told us what it is about, we already knew this is going to be a challenge. Our goal was to show a building - the mountain hotel, in contrast with its rough surroundings, because it is not always sunny weather in the mountains, is it?
Project name
The Mountain Hotel
Architecture firm
CL3 s.r.o.
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Located on the south edge of the Rybí village, Moravian-Silesian Region, the building site is marked out by the edge of the access road, the local stream and neighbouring property fencing. It is a sizeable plot of land, but with a significantly reduced buildable area.
Project name
House with In-law Suite
Location
Rybí 424, 742 65 Rybí, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Václav Kocián, Zdeněk Liška
Collaborators
Fire safety engineering: Pavla Tvrdá. EPC: Tomáš Brückner
Built area
Built-up Area 145 m²; Usable Floor Area 124 m²
Structural engineer
Martin Wünsche
Construction
Richard Kovář
Material
Steel, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
On the edges of a deep forest and a south-facing meadow with a mild slope towards the village, we built a headquarters for the municipal forest administration. Two glass houses with a flat roof – there is an interruption in the roof for the path from the forest to the village. Above the glass houses is a slanted filigree shading construction whose...
Project name
Pisek City Forest Administration
Architecture firm
Huť Architektury Martin Rajniš
Location
Písek, Jihočeský Kraj, Czechia
Photography
Andrea Thiel Lhotáková
Interior design
Martin Rajniš, David Kubík
Civil engineer
Huť Architektury Martin Rajniš
Structural engineer
Huť Architektury Martin Rajniš
Environmental & MEP
Huť Architektury Martin Rajniš
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
Kabelovna Studios introduce a new concept for music recording and post-production environments. Neon lights, designed by the architects, in the shape of sound waves, dominate the space and accentuate the atmosphere of a comfortable home environment, unexpectedly set in a raw industrial framework with a high-tech touch.
Project name
Kabelovna Studios
Interior design
B² Architecture
Location
Dělnická 27, Prague 7, Czech Republic
Photography
Alex Shoots Buildings
Principal designer
Barbara Bencova
Collaborators
Acoustic panels: MAXIM
Architecture firm
B² Architecture
Material
Bricks – bearing structures and partition walls. Steel – columns, beams, custom made furniture designed by B² Architecture. Steel and glass – acoustic doors. Anhydrite floor – studios. Concrete – floor – gathering room / hall. Oak – custom made tables – gathering room / hall. Cyprus – custom made table. Forbo with MDF – custom made furniture designed by B² Architecture – studios and sound rooms. LED neon lights – custom made lights designed by B² Architecture – studios. Acoustic foam – sound rooms. Carpet – sound rooms. Leather – upholstered furniture – gathering room / hall. Recycled leather – upholstered furniture – studios.
Client
Karel Havlíček / Kabelovna Studios
The task was to design an extension of a family house in the inner courtyard of a historic town house in the center of Nové Město na Moravě with use for occasional living of a family of four with the assumption of future use for permanent living.
Project name
House in the Courtyard
Architecture firm
IGLOO ARCHITEKTI
Location
Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Jan Pačka, Igor Šimon
Collaborators
Construction realization: Solstav; Realization of screed surfaces: Qualibau.
Site area
Gross Floor Area:149 m² - Usable Floor Area 122 m²
Material
Sand-lime blocks – masonry, KVH prisms – ceiling construction, Steel HEB profiles – column, ceiling construction, Cement screed – floors / walls, Larch wood – floors / windows, Stainless steel nets – railings, Titanium zinc – roofing
Typology
Residential › House
Prague has announced the winner of the international architectural competition for the design of the Vltava Philharmonic Hall, which is the team of the Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), led by Bjarke Ingels and Brian Yang.
Project name
Vltava Philharmonic Hall
Architecture firm
Bjarke Ingels Group
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Bjarke Ingels and Brian Yang
Collaborators
AED PROJECT – Aleš Marek, Šárka Schneiderová; John Henley, Karel Košek, Tomáš Hrádek; NAGATA ACOUSTICS – Marc Quiquerez, Neza Kravanja; THEATRE PROJECTS – Findlay Ross, Mark Stroomer; BURO HAPPOLD – George Keliris, Kostis Lysikatos, Michael Keverne; SYSTEMATICA – Tiffanie Yamashita; FRONT – Marc Simmons, Jill Fredrickson
Visualization
Mozses, Bjarke Ingels Group
Client
Institute of Planning and Development (IPR Prague) & The City of Prague
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Philharmonic Hall
In the part of the entrance floor of the new building Main Point Pankrác (MPP - Prague 4), the Formafatal studio designed interiors for the Institute of Natural Medicine, Cellularium. The main part of the space with a total area of 155 m2 is the so-called SPA, in which, in addition to separate locker rooms, there are accompanying treatment procedur...
Project name
MPP Cellularium
Interior design
Formafatal
Location
Main Point Pankrác, Prague 4, Czech Republic
Design team
Dagmar Štěpánová, Martina Homolková
Collaborators
Screed surfaces: Different Design. Glass bar wallcovering, tailor made furniture according to the Formafatal design: Hast. Lighting planification, supply of luminaires: Bulb.
Material
Concrete, granite stone, cement screed, steel (ZTV), stainless steel (perforated sheet), stainless steel, varnishned MDF, ceramic tiling, glass, solid oak
