New building of the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague

international, project, architectural competition for the development of a proposal and identification of the contractor for the project documentation of a new building

National Library of the Czech Republic
represented by Mgr. Vlastimil Ježek, general director of the National Library of the Czech Republic
located at Klementinum 190, 110 00 Prague 1,
tel.: 420 221 663 262
fax.: 420 221 663 261

Ing. Lili Langová, Investment Department of the National Library of the Czech Republic
located at Klementinum 190, 110 00 Prague 1,
tel.: +420 221 663 260 (+420 221 663 195 for Czech participants)
fax.: +420 221 663 261
e-mail: [email protected]
The subject of the architectural project competition is to develop a competition proposal for the urban, architectural, technical, and operational solution for the new building of the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague.

Regular members of the jury:

• Zaha Hadid, architect, United Kingdom
• Dominique Perrault, architect, representative of UIA, France
• Irene Wiese-von Ofen, architect, representative of UNESCO, Federal Republic of Germany
• Eva Jiřičná, architect, United Kingdom
• José Grinberg, architect, Mexico
• Petr Bílek, architect, Czech Republic
• Pavel Bém, mayor of the Capital City of Prague, Czech Republic
• Vlastimil Ježek, general director of the National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Substitute members of the jury:

• John Eisler, Czech Republic / until 2005 USA
• Tony McLaughlin, environmental engineer, United Kingdom
• Jan Kněžínek, director of the heritage preservation department, City Hall of the Capital City of Prague, Czech Republic
• Bohdana Stoklasová, director of Modern Funds and Services of the National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

• 1st prize EUR 160,000
• 2nd prize EUR 120,000
• 3rd prize EUR 70,000

• 1st award EUR 35,000
• 2nd award EUR 30,000
• 3rd award EUR 25,000

• Announcement date of the competition: May 16, 2006
• Availability of competition documents on the website: June 2, 2006
• Registration deadline: June 30, 2006
• Deadline for questions from participants: July 7, 2006
• Questions will be answered on the website no later than July 21, 2006
• Date for submission of competition proposals for the 1st round is September 29, 2006 in the case of personal submission (from 8:00 to 14:00 hours).
• Date for acceptance of competition proposals for the 1st round in case of mail or courier delivery: October 3, 2006
• Date of the evaluation meeting of the jury for the 1st round: October 23 - 26, 2006
• Announcement of results regarding advancement to the 2nd round to participants: November 6, 2006
• Deadline for questions from participants in the 2nd round: November 24, 2006
• Answers to questions on the website no later than December 8, 2006
• Date for submission of competition proposals for the 2nd round is February 2, 2007
• Date of the evaluation meeting of the jury for the 2nd round: February 28 - March 3, 2007
• Announcement of competition results on March 3, 2007
• Exhibition of competition proposals from March 24 to April 29, 2007
• Deadline for payment of prizes and awards April 10, 2007

All information about the competition can be found on the separate competition website www.nkp.cz/competition_library and on the Czech Chamber of Architects website.