A young Prague couple decided to extend their small attic apartment to better suit the needs of a family life. The apartment is located in a semi-detached house in a small neighborhood built in the early 1920s in a unique Czech Art Deco style. The neighborhood was named Liberty to celebrate newly established Czechoslovakia.
Project name
Liberty Loft
Architecture firm
System Recovery Architects
Location
Prague, 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
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Structural engineer
TeAnau, s.r.o.
Environmental & MEP
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Supervision
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Visualization
System Recovery Architects
Construction
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Material
larch, perforated aluminium sheets, spruce
Typology
Residential › Apartment, Renovation, Refurbishment
Forgotten in the terraced vineyard, a stone ruin with a curved space was discovered. Since the ruin was subtly integrated with the landscape, it became the basis of the intervention. The genius loci suggested the Fibonacci Spiral movement which was perfectly aligned with the existing wall.
Architecture firm
Marco Maio Architects
Location
Troja, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Marco Maio, David Obrovnik, Kaja Likar, Katarina Kobale
Built area
Built-up Area 100 m²
Collaborators
COR-TEN works: Jakub Ščerba
Material
Stone – walls, stairs. Corten steel – doors, niche – small wine cellar, fireplace, stairs, partition wall between platforms. Concrete pavers – platform for wine tasting. Gravel – floors, walking paths.
Typology
Public Space › Landscape
Complete reconstruction of the interior, including a new layout.
Project name
Tusarova Apartment
Architecture firm
Plus One Architects
Location
Tusarova 37, 170 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Petra Ciencialová, Kateřina Průchová
Interior design
Karl Filsak
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Exposed concrete – the original supporting structure. Added concrete – sink, kitchen counter, island. Stone – local use on the kitchen counter and bedside tables. Sheet metal – library. Oak veneer – furniture according to the author's design.
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The EXPO 2025 pavilion by Mjölk architekti is a welcoming wooden building conceived as a garden in the sky. It was created with ease and expresses the optimistic outlook of its authors for the future. The pavilion has been designed so that its realisation puts the least possible strain on the environment during fabrication, operation and transport...
Project name
Sky Under the Trees
Architecture firm
Mjölk architekti
Location
World EXPO 2025 in Osaka, Japan
Photography
Mjölk architekti
Collaborators
Curator, libretto: Ondřej Horák. Graphic designer: Marek Nedelka. Graphic designer and illustrator: Anežka Minaříková. Artistic conception: Richard Loskot, Rozárka Jiráková. Production, japanologist: Martina Hončíková. Media communication: Linka News.
Built area
Built-up Area 688 m² Gross Floor Area 2319 m² Usable Floor Area 1858 m²
Site area
Site area 996 m² Dimensions 6738 m³
Civil engineer
Pavel Bičovský
Client
Office of the Commissioner General for the Participation of the Czech Republic at the EXPO Universal Exposition
A bright apartment in a new building with large terraces and views of Prague. Where one cooks, eats, works, where children play, watch TV, read, create and sleep. As part of the overhaul of the layout, we first separated a chunk of the living room and made it into a study, playroom and guest room in one, to settle the overly monumental apartment in...
Project name
Welcome Home
Architecture firm
No Architects
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Studio Flusser
Principal architect
Jakub Filip Novák, Daniela Baráčková, Veronika Amiridis Menichová
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Ceramic tiles. Oak floor. Lacquered mdf, oak and birch veneer and solid wood – joinery products
Construction
Truhlářství Fencl
Typology
Residential › House
Remarkable reconstruction of a classical tenement house in the historical centre of Prague intended to serve its original purpose.
Architecture firm
QARTA Architektura
Location
Havelská 27, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
David Wittassek, Jiří Řezák
Collaborators
Jan Havel, Jan Zmátlík
Built area
Built-up Area 689 m²; Gross Floor Area 3560 m²
Material
Steel truss construction – renovated skylight roofing in the courtyard. Lime stucco – exterior of the whole building. Steel portals – elevator entrances. Steel screens – stair hall. Scrapped plaster – throughout the building. Glass skylights and partitions – in historic apartments. Reinforced concrete – extension of the original staircase. Steel railings – on the new staircase. Wooden beams – original, in the restored parts of the roof
Typology
Residential › House
The name of the restaurant is 5th quarter. There is a long story connected to it and that formed the interior design. We have been asked by the owners to change their Jewish restaurant with long tradition in Josefov quarter in the hear of the Prague city.
Project name
5th Quarter Restaurant
Architecture firm
OBJECTUM s.r.o
Location
Josefov, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Jana Schnappel Hamrova
Interior design
Jana Schnappel Hamrova
Client
Restaurant 5th quarter
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
How do you create one open space out of a large multi-room apartment so that there doesn't have to be a door between rooms because the client wanted as few as possible, but you still felt like the rooms were separated?
Project name
Letná Apartment
Architecture firm
Markéta Bromová architekti
Location
Letná, Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Veronika Raffajová
Principal architect
Markéta Bromová
Design team
Dominika Galandová
Collaborators
Custom made concrete kitchen countertop and sinks: Burning Vibe. Concrete floor screed surface: Concrete Group. Metalsmith works: DEMO Works. Carpenter works: Lemberk. Pivot doors: Dorsis
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Concrete – floors, columns, ceiling, kitchen countertop, custom made sinks. Patinated brass – tiling of the kitchen island. Solid timber – custom made furniture. perforated steel sheet - bathroom ceiling
Typology
Residential › Apartment
