ARCHITECTURE

Wine barn and square, Valtice

July 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Public and commercial architecture|

The traditional South Moravian CHÂTEAU VALTICE Winery – Valtice Wine Cellars, a.s. – is part of the unique Lednice-Valtice area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The production area is situated next to the magnificent garden of the chateau of Valtice, below the romantic colonnade at Rajstna.The front part of the establishment is formed of the new building of the Wine Barn in three parts – the Wine Square, a public
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LakePark Residence, Staré Splavy

July 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, City and community, Czech Republic, Residential architecture|

The apartment building is located in the area of a semi-completed hotel from 1990s. The pattern of its mass responds to the surroundings by demonstrating different crosswise mass sitting on a shared pad. This solution brings views towards the south towards the lake and splits the volume in smaller pieces that are typical of the development patters in the centre of a municipality. Wooden prisms were used for the
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Baarova Pavilion, Prague

July 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Public and commercial architecture|

Together with continuous completing of the BB Center in Prague, a new plan for expanding the school to the Lyceum was created, which also created a need for new premises for educational purposes in a new building. The School Pavilion was built in the place of a devastated house in a street of villas of a similar size; the point was to naturally integrate the building into the given
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After school-care club Pilsen-Újezd, Pilsen

July 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Public and commercial architecture|

Originally, the authors were approached to renovate the building of the after-school care club situated in a former residential house 900m from the school building. They decided to go substantially beyond the limits of project specifications, optimalise the operation and move the after-school care club into a newly designed extension of the school building. The City of Pilsen – as the investor in the construction project – agreed with
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Vrchlicky’s Gardens – Reconstruction of The Historical Park in Klatovy

July 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Landscape and urban space|

The park, as a part of the historical green ring created instead of the demolished city walls, following the example of the city of Wien. To continue with the original cultural tradition of the city of Klatovy and to find answers to present requirements for the public city space, such was the ambition at the very beginning of the cooperation.Renewed parade - an important axis goes through the park and
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Corso Pod Lipami, Revnice

July 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Residential architecture|

The developement of this relatively small plot in Revnice was chosen for the city with a long tradition of large villas of rich owners. Therefore, this place is intended for construc­tion of apartments for clients living in the countryside and with good connection to Prague. Individual houses are composed as different individuals grouped along the pub­lic walking path. Each of the houses should be original, but it should remain obvious,
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Mountaineering Museum Turnov, Turnov

July 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Public and commercial architecture|

On 07/09/2019 a new museum of mountaineering was opened within the Museum of the Bohemian Paradise in Turnov. The creation of the new exhibit required a revitalisation of a museum building from 1974 originally built to exhibit the largest oil painting in central Europe. The 8.5×10m canvas was preserved and became a part of the climbing exhibit. The new building has a three level volume connecting the main museum building and
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Jan Gayer Parking Garage, Hradec Králové

July 18, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Public and commercial architecture|

Jan Gayer Parking Garage: 7 floors, 284 places total, 35 places for LPG/CNG vehicles, 4 places for electric cars, 18 places for disabled people and 10 places for families with infants and young children. Jan Gayer Parking Garage is located in the Hradec Králové conservation area. In a reaction to a major archaeological discovery of a foundation and overground masonry as part of the late 18th century military fortress
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Lasvit headquarters, Nový Bor

July 18, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Public and commercial architecture|

The overall design of the project reflects the longstanding tradition of glass making that Lasvit represents and promotes. The two traditional buildings from the early 19th century were completed with another two similarly sized and shaped abstract black and white volumes to create a harmonic and functional compound. The first of the new buildings, seemingly composed entirely out of translucent glass, serves as an office café on the ground floor with
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Revitalization of Masaryk Square in the urban conservation area in the Town of Stribro (Silver Town)

July 18, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Landscape and urban space|

Stříbro  is a town in the Pilsen Region of the Czech Republic, some 25 km to the west from the region capital of Pilsen. Population around 7900 inhabitants. First mentioned 1183. The core of the town is serried in a circle, the imaginary center of which is a renaissance Town Hall. The basic concept of the square is based on the structure of the historic center of the town, but
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Bridge over the Dřetovice stream, Kladno – Vrapice

July 18, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Landscape and urban space|

The bridge over the Dřetovice stream in Vrapice, near the city of Kladno, is located on a pedestrian trail that leads from the village to the cemetery.The bridge is made from freeze-resistant ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), grade C110/130, fiber-reinforced. Structural solution of the 10 m span and 0,4 m camber adequately lies in the double-curved geometry of the bridge, stabilizing the construction in both main directions and allowing easy bracing
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Summer house, Mindszentkálla

July 18, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, Hungary, Residential architecture|

The last house on the border of Natural Preservation site blends in the landscape, despite its 33-meter length. The robust stonewalls, typical to local vernacular buildings shaped the architectural order and material usage. On the geometrically aligned façade, the horizontal line of the eaves dimidiates the height of the ridge. The proportion of the walls and free openings are equal. The sliding door on the western façade dimidiates the
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