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
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
Weekend house in the Ore Mountains is based on local nature and color, represented by an aerodynamic but angular figure, where classic elements, such as the roof and wall, give way to a clear shape and merge with each other.
Project name
Weekend House Nové Hamry
Architecture firm
NEW HOW architects
Location
Nové Hamry, the Ore Mountains (Karlovy Vary Region), Czech Republic
Photography
Petr Polák, polak@studiopetrohrad.cz, petrpolak.photo
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Principal architect
David Zámečník
Structural engineer
David Zámečník
Client
Petra Lehká & David Zámečník
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
