GRAND PRIX 2006 Architects' Meeting

The Czech Chamber of Architects has taken patronage over the XIII. year of the GRAND PRIX OF THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY.
The patronage was further taken by the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister of Culture Vítězslav Jandák, Minister for Regional Development Radko Martínek, Minister of the Environment Libor Ambrozek, Minister of Industry and Trade Milan Urban, and Mayor of the capital city of Prague Pavel Bém.
The competitive exhibition was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry for Regional Development, and the Ministry of the Environment.

Graphic design of print materials: Foibos

The partners of the competition are companies: Autodesk, Eurolux, Hewlett Packard, Nemetschek, Preciosa, AC Expo, Sto, AAAByty.cz, CIAS, Cegra

Media partners of the competition: Czech Radio, Hospodářské noviny, Architekt, eArchitekt, INformation service of the Architecture Community, ASB – Architecture, Construction, Housing

The producer of the XIII. year of the GRAND PRIX OF THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY is the agency Foibos.

The GRAND PRIX OF THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY is a competitive exhibition of architectural works completed in the past year. It is organized annually by the Architecture Community on the day of architecture UIA. The competition is open; Czech and foreign architects, designers, and artists can participate, provided the work is realized on the territory of the Czech Republic. The first competition took place in 1994 – at that time it was an exhibition of works over a five-year period (from 1989); in the following years, works completed in the last year with a completion date between January 1 and December 31 were competed.

The GRAND PRIX OF THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY has 7 categories – New Construction, Reconstruction, Interior, Landscape Architecture and Garden Design, Urbanism, Architectural Design and Small Architecture, and Artistic Work in Architecture.

The works are evaluated by an independent international expert jury. The jury consists of a different composition each year, but always includes at least four foreign architects and a Czech critic, theorist, or historian of architecture or artist. Prizes and honorable mentions are awarded in the individual categories, with the main prize being the GRAND PRIX OF THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY, awarded to the winning work of the entire exhibition.

At the festive announcement of the winners, a prize is also awarded to a Czech architect for significant lifelong work. The laureate is proposed by the Council of the Architecture Community.

This year, the prizes of the Minister for Regional Development and the Minister of the Environment were awarded.

The prizes are honorary.

All works are always presented at an exhibition in the National Gallery in Prague, in the Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art in the Trade Fair Palace. The exhibition, as a traveling exhibition, will visit several Czech and Moravian cities and will also be presented abroad. This year, it will gradually be presented in Brno, Zlín, Ostrava, Prostějov, and Ústí nad Orlicí and other cities. From foreign cities, a traveling exhibition in Poland – Katowice, in Germany – Hanover and Dresden, in Slovakia – Bratislava and Košice, and in China can currently be confirmed.

Due to the great interest of creators in the GRAND PRIX OF THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY, a comprehensive overview of contemporary architectural creation in the Czech Republic is being established.

Members of the international jury 2006:
Professor Minoru Takeyama from Japan,
Arch. Benedetta Tagliabue from Spain,
Arch. Richard Polom from Slovakia,
Prof. Vladimír Šlapeta, Dean of FA VUT in Brno
Arch. Zvi Hecker from Israel, who was the chair of the jury.

The jury met from March 23 to 26, 2006, and evaluated 109 works, which were submitted to the competition in the following categories:

N (New Construction): 57 panels
R (Reconstruction): 23 panels
I (Interior): 13 panels
K (Landscape Architecture and Garden Design): 5 panels
U (Urbanism): 4 panels
D (Architectural Design and Small Architecture): 4 panels
V (Artistic Work in Architecture): 3 panels

The jury decided to reclassify work N 31 into category R 24, further work K 5 into category U 5, and D 3 into category N 58.

PRIZES OF THE GRAND PRIX OF THE ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY 2006

Grand Prix:
Residential Building, Na Okraji Street, Prague 6-Petřiny
Authors: Karel Scheib, Tomáš Velinský

Prize
Category Reconstruction:
Reconstruction of the Reduta Theatre, Brno
Authors: Antonín Novák, Petr Valenta, Eduard Štěrbák, Miroslav Melena

Prize
Category Interior:
Exhibition: Charles IV, Emperor by the Grace of God. Culture and Art during the Reign of the Last Luxembourg Kings 1347–1437, Prague Castle
Authors: Jiří Javůrek, Silvie Bednaříková, Jaroslav Malý

Honorable Mention
Category New Construction:
Family House Plecháč, Humpolec
Author: Luděk Rýzner

Honorable Mention
Category New Construction:
Family House Mořina
Authors: Milan Rak, Iveta Raková, Libor Rydlo, Alexandr Skalický

Honorable Mention
Category Reconstruction:
House Besídka, Slavonice
Authors: Roman Koucký, Martina Portyková
Cooperation: Šárka Malá, Libor Kábrt, Martin Ceplecha

Lifetime Achievement Award: ing. arch. Věra Machoninová

This year, the following awards were also presented:

Minister for Regional Development Radko Martínka's Award:
Kollárova Residence, Prague 8 (category: Reconstruction)
Authors: Oldřich Hájek, Tomáš Pavlík, Laco Fecsu, Jaroslav Šafer, Petra Čížková
Cooperation: Olga Rosová

Minister of the Environment Libor Ambrozek's Award for a project with significant ecological aspects:
Park under the Castle, Frýdek-Místek (category: Landscape Architecture and Garden Design)
Authors: Zdena Rudolfová, Martin Kovář, Pavel Šimek


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