Breathing new life into an old building. From our first meeting with the owners, it was clear what conditions their future home should meet: “It should be fresh but also unpretentious.”
Project name
Reconstruction of mill, Central Bohemia
Architecture firm
Stempel & Tesar architekti
Photography
Filip Šlapal, Václav Šedý
Principal architect
Ján Stempel, Jan Jakub Tesař
Built area
147 m² (Building footprint), 241 m² (Usable area)
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
A radical remodel of a 1990s attic apartment in Prague Libeň. We are in the attic of a 1930s townhouse in Prague Libeň. An apartment was built here in the 1990s. But there were too many rooms, more than the client needed, anyway. The joy of open attic space was lost in the clutter. Our task was to find it again.
Project name
Attic Apartment with a Black Box
Architecture firm
Komon architekti
Location
Prague 8 – Libeň, Czech Republic
Photography
Tomáš Slavík, www.tomasslavik.cz
Principal architect
Martin Gaberle
Design team
Bořek Peška, Lucie Roubalová, Jana Drtinová
Collaborators
Zlatý řez (Cabinetry)
Built area
141 m², 109 m² (Gross Floor Area), 84 m² (Usable Floor Area)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Oak veneer treated with black oil, white DTDL board, Mirage Norr terrazzo, concrete plaster, Meister multi-layer oak veneer flooring, tempered glass, coated steel, spruce timber
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Construction of the Masaryčka building in Prague continues with the structure of the retail levels on the ground and first floors now completed. Works have begun to construct the higher floors of cantilevered offices with terraced roof gardens.
Photography
Studio Horak, Zaha Hadid Architects
The inhabitants of a small wood cottage located in the greenery above Vranov Dam may feel like in the cabin of a ship. The interior is practically arranged - basically nothing is missing here. Large windows provide beautiful views of the dam.
Project name
Cottage Inspired by a Ship Cabin
Architecture firm
Prodesi/Domesi
Location
Vranov nad Dyjí, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Klára Vratislavová, Pavel Horák
Built area
43 m², 65 m² (Usable Floor Area), 5.2 x 8.4 m (Dimensions)
Interior design
Klára Vratislavová
Material
Solid wood CLT panels, burnt and oiled larch planks, larch frames with insulating triple glazing + chambranles around the windows: larch planks with natural glaze, non-rebated, organic spruce planks, organic spruce planks, MDF
Typology
Residential › Cabin House
The main idea is to blur the boundaries of the apartment and emotionally draw the city into its interior. The space of the apartment is not limited within the physical layout, the city surrounding the building becomes part of it and the added facade glazing only maintains the comfort of the indoor climate, connecting the city into an extended perip...
Project name
Penthouse in Prague
Architecture firm
petrjanda/brainwork
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Petr Janda
Design team
Anna Podroužková, Maty Donátová
Built area
358 m² (Gross Floor Area), 275 m² (Usable Floor Area)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Steel, Glass, Concrete, Wood
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The Czech architecture studio Ateliér Lina Bellovičová designed an ecological house in the woods, built from hempcrete and covered by a green roof. House LO is defined by three elements: a thin wooden sheet covering two perforated stones that enclose the living space of the house.
Architecture firm
Ateliér Lina Bellovičová
Location
Chřiby, Czech Republic
Photography
BoysPlayNice, www.boysplaynice.com
Principal architect
Lina Koníček Bellovičová
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Residential › House
The Czech architecture firm Kuba & Pilař architekti has recently completed a family house on the waterfront with a green roof, located in Znojmo Town, Czech Republic. The plot is situated in a gap between family houses that form the banks of the Dyje River. Steep terrain of the plot has the original terrace landscaping with stonewalls.
Architecture firm
Kuba & Pilař architekti
Location
Znojmo, Czech Republic
Photography
BoysPlayNice, www.boysplaynice.com
Principal architect
Tomáš Pilař, Ladislav Kuba, Norbert Walter
Typology
Residential › Houses
The Czech-based studio COLL COLL has designed Villa Sophia, a smart home with artificial intelligence locotaed in city of Prague, Czech Republic.
Project name
Villa Sophia
Architecture firm
COLL COLL
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Design team
Daria Chertkova, Jana Zatlukajová, Krištof Hanzlík, Libor Mládek, Lucie Roubalová, Ĺudmila Koskan, Marie Davidová, Michaela Dlouhá, Martin Gaberle, Michal Krejčík, Markéta Součková, Ondřej Punda, Šimon Kos, Veronika Brůhová, Vojtěch Slabý, project architects
Interior design
In Styl Hořovice
Structural engineer
ASP Praha
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Typology
Residential, Houses
