The Masaryčka building in Prague has been inaugurated in a ceremony officiated by Bohuslav Svoboda, the mayor of Prague; Marek Dospiva, founder and partner of Penta Group; and Jim Heverin, director of Zaha Hadid Architects.
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Javier Rueda, Jan Klaska, Saman Dadgostar, Yifan Zhang, Moa Carlson, Juan Montiel, Carlos Parrada-Botero, Monika Bilska, Harry Spraiter, Ovidiu Mihutescu, Niran Buyukkoz, Nan Jiang, Horatiu Valcu
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
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
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
Our studio has overhauled a 1990s bungalow near Czech capital Prague, transforming an interior that once seemed small and cramped into one that feels bright and spacious. Complicated roof structure of the building is looking little bit dated from the outside. But from the inside it creates very special space.
Project name
Revnice Apartment
Architecture firm
OBJECTUM
Location
Řevnice, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Jana Schnappel Hamrova
Design team
Jana Schnappel Hamrova
Interior design
Jana Schnappel Hamrova
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Brickwork construction, concrete ceilings, plasterboard suspended ceiling
Typology
Residential › Apartment
