Jevany Villa sits within a dense spruce forest, where the terrain drops from the access road toward a landscape of ponds and mature trees. The project builds its logic directly from this condition. The house presents itself as a single-storey volume from the street, while the garden side reveals a taller, open structure. This dual […] More
The Corner Apartment by Prokop Hartl, transforms an apartment in a late-1930s building in Prague, defined by direct views of the Vltava River. The renovation adapts the original layout to suit a young family while retaining key spatial qualities of the existing interior. The design team focused on improving functionality without losing the character tied […] More
Studio Plyš has completed the renovation of Borová Lada Cottage, a late 19th-century house located along a quiet road in the Bohemian Forest. The project approaches the historic structure with restraint, maintaining its familiar silhouette while introducing structural reinforcements and contemporary living spaces. The architects treated the cottage as an evolving structure shaped by successive […] More
On the edge of Nový Bydžov, a quiet Czech town defined by orchards, brick walls, and open horizons, a new Senior Citizens’ Home introduces an architectural response grounded in dignity, landscape, and community. Commissioned by the Town of Nový Bydžov and built on the site of a former orchard near the local hospital, the project […] More
VIDA Elementary School in Chýně proposes a learning environment where space itself becomes an active educational tool. Designed by OVA, the project reflects a contemporary approach to education that extends well beyond the classroom, placing equal value on shared interiors, outdoor areas, and informal learning zones. The result is a school conceived as a layered […] More
Three Shades of Home is a measured renovation of an apartment in a 1950s panel building in Prague’s Holešovice, where B² Architecture reshaped a once-compartmentalized layout into an open, legible home for a young family. The project takes advantage of the building’s skeletal structure, removing most partitions and allowing columns and beams to participate directly […] More
Krč Terraced Twins sits on a steep, topographically complex plot in Prague’s Krč district, an area shaped by successive layers of rural land use, early suburban housing, and postwar apartment construction. Designed by martin cenek architecture, the project responds to a site defined by constraint. A deep plot with a height difference exceeding ten meters, […] More
In 2019, Atelier Hajný began work on the reconstruction of a Writers’ Colony Villa, a semi-detached house located at a prominent address in Prague. The building stood in extremely poor condition and no longer met present-day expectations for layout, comfort, or technical performance. The client sought a high standard for everyday living, which required a […] More
The Na Kukačkách Mountain Chalet by edit! architects presents a carefully calibrated response to building within the protected landscape of the Krkonoše Mountains. The project operates within strict regulatory constraints that govern form, material, and silhouette, yet uses those limits as a framework for architectural clarity rather than compromise. A stone plinth and timber-clad upper […] More
Located in Prague’s Žižkov district, the historic Palác Akropolis has long served as a center for the city’s cultural and artistic life. The latest transformation of its 470 m² floor, led by Marco Maio Architects, reimagines a previously enclosed and fragmented space as a contemporary shared workspace. The project responds to the building’s layered history, […] More
SENAA architekti designed Kohútka Cottage as contemporary mountain housing shaped by the traditions of Wallachia and the terrain of the Javorníky range. The cottage was originally planned for the owner of the Kohútka mountain complex and draws from the proportions, materials, and spatial logic of the region’s rural buildings. The site gives the house […] More
In the heart of Jindřichův Hradec, Kraffer Garden bridges centuries of horticultural heritage and contemporary public life. Once a forgotten nursery on the grounds of an 18th-century Baroque palace garden, the site has been revived by Ateliér Za Mák and Matěj Šebek Architekti into a living cultural and ecological landscape, a space where design, craftsmanship, […] More