Ten Czech buildings will compete for the Mies van der Rohe Award

Prague - Ten prestigious buildings in the Czech Republic from the last two years will participate in the Mies van der Rohe Award. They were nominated by local experts, and all independently agreed on the nomination of the primary school pavilion in Líbeznice and the Archeopark Pavlov. The Zen-Houses duplex by Liberec architect Petr Stolín, who is the winner of the Czech Architecture Award, will also compete for the prize. The results of the international award are expected to be announced in May next year. This was informed to ČTK today by the spokesperson of the Czech Chamber of Architects, Zuzana Hošková.

The Chamber recommended five projects for the award, and another five were nominated by architect and publicist Osamu Okamura and three by the editor-in-chief of the publishing house Zlatý řez, Jana Tichá. One of the nominations comes from abroad, which the rules allow.

Czech nominations for 2017 Primary school pavilion in Líbeznice / Projektil architekti (nominated by ČKA, Jana Tichá, and Osamu Okamura) Archeopark Pavlov / Architectural office Radko Květ (nominated by ČKA, Jana Tichá, and Osamu Okamura) Rural Homestead Maneschowitz (Manešovice) / A1 Architects (nominated by ČKA) Renovation of the brewery in Lobč near Mšeno / RIOFRIO Architects (nominated by ČKA) Path in the Clouds / Fránek Architects (nominated by ČKA) Zen-Houses / Petr Stolín Architect (nominated by Jana Tichá) Entrance building of the Punkevní Caves area in the Moravian Karst / Architectural office Burian-Křivinka (nominated by Osamu Okamura) Reconstruction and extension of Vrbatova bouda in the Krkonoš / IXA - Tomáš Hradečný, Martin Prokš, Klára Hradečná, Benedikt Markel (nominated by Osamu Okamura) House in the orchard in Prague-Kyjích / Šépka Architects (nominated by Osamu Okamura) Community Center Máj in České Budějovice / SLLA Architects (nominated by the Slovak Chamber of Architects and Henrieta Moravčíková)

The award is granted every two years by the European Union and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, named after the pioneer of modern architecture and the author of the most famous modern building in the Czech Republic, the Tugendhat Villa in Brno. The Czech Republic has been participating in the Mies van der Rohe Award since 1997, and buildings located in the Czech Republic have appeared several times among the finalists. Most recently, in 2014, none of the ten nominated Czech buildings caught the jury's attention. The winner was ultimately the Philharmonic building in Polish Szczecin.