Prague: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  CMC architects

• Location

  Prague, Czech Republic

• Category

  Loft

• Lead Architects

  Vít Máslo, David R. Chisholm

• Design Team

  Evžen Dub, Gabriela Sekyrová, Nela Niederle

• Area

  120.0 m2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  BoysPlayNice

How can we support creative answers to current and future challenges the constantly growing population of urban areas will face in the near future? This is just one of many questions and topics which have been discussed during the international project Shared Cities: Creative Momentum in the past four years. Now the time has come to present the accomplishments. An international festival called Shared Cities: The Finale will take place on October 2nd and 3rd in the city of Prague, Czech Republic.

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Benthem Crouwel Architects has been announced as the winner of a competition to design a new residential district in Prague, presented in collaboration with local firm RA15. The competition, organized by Penta Real Estate, saw 160 entries distilled down to 44, and then 5 finalists. In a unanimous verdict, the jury praised Benthem Crouwel’s decision to integrate a large, publically-accessible park into the project.

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• Architects

  DDAANN

• Location

  Prague, Czech Republic

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Lead Architects

  Daniel Baudis, Daniel Rohan

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Alexandra Timpau

Pavel Hnilicka Architekti is set to design Prague’s Victory Square, having been announced as winners of an international competition. Led by Pavel Hnilička, Eva Macáková, and Josef Filip, the winning scheme seeks to divert all existing traffic away from the square, transforming the space with a striking central monument.

The scheme sees the removal of tram tracks through the square, which will instead be relocated to the west side and Evropská Street. While traffic will be removed from the square, a new traffic plan will, in fact, accommodate more cars than the existing layout, while the center of the existing roundabout will become a “functioning space for universal use.”

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Prague's architecture is known for a patchwork of buildings ranging in styles and eras. A recent proposal for the redesign of the Trojska Skola aims to supplement a similar cohesive attitude to the space. Titled, Dissonant Unity, the project designed by Stefano Corbo Studio explores the ways to incorporate new programs and increased public space to an existing grammar and primary school with an attached sports center, auditorium, and cafeteria.

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Office Ou, a Toronto-based landscape design firm, in collaboration with INOSTUDIO Architects, has designed a new public school for the historic Smíchov district of Prague. The initial competition, organized by the Centre for Central European Architecture, chose the Office Ou & INOSTUDIO design out of 66 anonymous submissions. This school would be the first new public school built in Prague's urban center in close to 100 years.

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Istanbul-based studio Superspace has proposed a design for Prague’s Victory Square that transforms the dead zone in the middle of Prague into a space flourishing with nature and social activities. The simple but effective solution inverts traffic and pedestrian access to create a green urban center, where markets, art festivals and even wintertime ice-skating can take place. Tall, local evergreen trees would be planted in the horseshoe shape surrounding the inner ring, creating an iconic visual impact while shielding the community space from the noise of the busy traffic area beyond.

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• Architects

  smlxl

• Location

  Prague, Czech Republic

• Category

  Apartments

• Architect in Charge

  Klára Valová

• Area

  120.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  BoysPlayNice

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• Architects

  Mjölk architekti

• Location

  Prague, Czech Republic

• Category

  Gallery

• Area

  700.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  BoysPlayNice

Richard Meier & Partners has unveiled the design of the Oaks Prague Villas, the firm’s first residential project in the Czech Republic. Located outside of Prague in the Nebřenice countryside, the villas will join the Oaks Frontline Apartments (also designed by Richard Meier & Partners) as well as structures by top architects including Eva Jiřičná and John Pawson in creating a new modern residential community called the Oaks Prague Development.

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• Architects

  Mimosa architekti

• Location

  Prague, Czech Republic

• Category

  Interior Design

• Architects in Charge

  Petr Moráček, Jana Zoubková, Pavel Matyska

• Area

  55.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  BoysPlayNice