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
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
