2016 Czech Architecture Award

At the beginning of 2016, the Czech Chamber of Architects (CCA) introduced the first year of the Czech Architecture Award competition, the results of which will be announced in November 2016. A prestigious seven-member international jury evaluated nearly 500 first-rate architectural projects from all over the Czech Republic. In June 2016, the jury presented its shortlist of 63 nominated projects. Out of these nominees, the jury then chose the finalists and the winner of the 2016 Czech Architecture Award.
Besides introducing all the 63 shortlisted projects, the accompanying exhibition will feature detailed presentations of the finalist projects and the first ever winner of the brand new competition. The competition will also include an award for extraordinary design and several special awards, the winners of which will also be featured in the exhibition in greater detail.
With the new competition, the CCA expands its activities for the public that aim to promote successful works of both established and new architects. The aim of the CCA is to promote and present architectural projects to the public, allowing people to appreciate not only their aesthetic and technical qualities but also and especially the contexts of their creation, their positions and roles in their surroundings and their social benefits. The competition aims to cover as wide a variety of projects as possible. That is why the competing architectural works were not divided into categories, but were evaluated together, with a single first prize on the line.

MAIN AWARD
Zen-houses, Studio and House; Liberec
Link (in Czech only)

FINALISTS
The Gahur's Prospect Revitalisation - Front space of the Cultural and University Centre; Zlín
Link (in Czech only)
Krkonose Mountains Centre Environmental Education; Vrchlabí
Link (in Czech only)
Revitalisation of the Castle Hill; Litomyšl
Link (in Czech only)
Lower Vítkovice Area; Ostrava
Link (in Czech only)
Nový Dvůr Monastery; Toužim
Link (in Czech only)
Three towers; Líbeznice
Link (in Czech only)
Reconstruction of the Tugendhat house, Brno
Link (in Czech only)
SPECIAL AWARDS
Velux Special Award – for the best work with daylight
Jonášovic´s barn, Bořislav
The Award of the magazine ERA21 – for contribution to rural renovation and careful work with relics of the past
Adaptation of former agricultural garages in the environs of a biotope, Honětice

UNIQUE FEAT
Yearbook – Czech Architecture
KRUH, o.s.
Prague Building Regulations

Members of the international jury:
Jan De Vylder (Belgium)
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Ivan Koleček (Czechoslovakia), lives and works in Switzerland
Atelier d’architecture Ivan Kolecek
Martin Rein-Cano (Argentine), lives and works in Germany
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Kees Kaan (Netherlands)
KAAN Architecten
Boris Bežan (Slovenia), lives and works in Spain
Architectural Studio MX_SI
Joe Morris (Great Britain)
Duggan Morris Architects
Miriam Lišková (Czechoslovakia), Slovakia
SLLA Architects
You can browse all the entries and learn more about the Czech Architecture Award at www.ceskacenazaarchitekturu.cz.