The Association of Architects calls for participation in the Grand Prix of Architects 2021

The Association of Architects announces the XXVIII. edition of the Grand Prix of Architects – National Prize for Architecture 2021

As every year, the Association of Architects announces yet another XXVIII. edition of the Grand Prix of Architects – National Prize for Architecture – the largest Czech architectural competition for the best realization will traditionally be evaluated by a five-member jury consisting of four international judges and one representative from the Czech Republic. One jury member is also traditionally a prominent figure from the Slovak Republic.

“I am glad that despite the challenges associated with the current pandemic situation, we are able to maintain the tradition and contribute to enhancing the quality of architecture in the Czech Republic. I believe, or rather I am convinced, that the quality of the submitted works is increasing year by year. This is evidence to me that such a competition certainly makes sense. Last year, the award ceremony could not take place in person, but I think we successfully resolved it with an online broadcast that had a large audience, and the winning architects were not deprived of anything,” said Ing. arch. Oleg Haman, chairman of the Association of Architects.

Jury Composition:
Ana Kučan teaches landscape architecture at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana and leads Studio AKKA, a landscape architecture and urban design studio. She studied landscape architecture at the University of Ljubljana and holds a master's degree in urban design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Throughout her professional career, she has designed several award-winning projects that have been internationally showcased. She has received several awards and honors, including the Piranesi Prize (1998 and 2002), the Plečnik Award (2003 and 2016), the Premio Fare Paesaggio (2016), the Platinum Pencil (2017), and the IAKS Award (2019). Additionally, Kučan was selected among the finalists for the Rosa Barba Award at the biennale in Barcelona in 2006 and was the lead artist for the exhibition All Shades of Green, the exhibition for the Slovenian pavilion at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale (2010).
Jan Magasanik is a Czech architect residing in Copenhagen for a long time. He studied at the Faculty of Art and Architecture at the Technical University of Liberec. Since 2006, he has been working at the world-renowned architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) in Copenhagen, where he is one of the leading architects. He was a co-author at BIG for the Danish pavilion in Shanghai, China. Along with Kristina Magasanik, he is responsible for the Deska gallery in Ústí nad Labem, which they manage from a distance.
Michiel Hofman founded HofmanDujardin Architects with Barbara Dujardin in 1999 in Amsterdam. He studied in Delft and Milan. Today their team includes approximately 40 architects, project engineers, and interns. Their projects are the result of a unique and personal approach that they call Shaping Intuition®, focusing on the well-being of people in their surroundings. They are currently working on projects in the Netherlands, Belgium, Monaco, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, and Germany. Their projects and ideas have been recognized with several international design awards: Audi Design Award 2008, Red Dot Design Award 2008 Germany, Wallpaper Design Award 2009 for most life-enhancing product, Janus Award 2015 Paris.
Štefan Moravčík graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. Since 1991, he has owned an architectural and urban planning studio in Slovakia. For the Phoenix Zeppelin center in Banská Bystrica (co-authors: B. Hovorka, M. Paulíny) designed in 2009, he received the ARCH magazine Award 2011, the Architecture Award from the Slovak Chamber of Architects CE.ZA.AR 2011, the National Prize for Architecture DUŠAN JURKOVIČ Award 2011, and was nominated for the MIES-ARCH Award of the European Union Mies van der Rohe 2013.
Anne-Françoise Jumeau is the director of Peripheriques Architectes based in Paris, France. Peripheriques Architectes was founded in 1990 by Emmanuelle Marin, David Trottin and Anne-Françoise Jumeau, focusing on architecture and urbanism. Anne-Françoise Jumeau studied landscape design at L'Ecole du Paysage de Versailles and architecture at Ecole d'architecture de Paris-Villemin. From 2009 to 2011, she taught at the Ecole nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles. Since 2013, she has been the director and creator of the Progress Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Paris. Anne-Françoise Jumeau was a member of the European jury for the Holcim Awards in 2005.

Main Awards of the Competition:
Grand Prix of Architects – large blue cube – awarded by the jury
Lifetime Achievement Award – large red cube – awarded by the Council of the Association of Architects – nominations should be sent to email: [email protected]

The jury also awards additional prizes – small blue cubes - in the following categories:
New Construction
Renovation
Family House
Architectural Design

If no quality realization is submitted that could be awarded in one of these categories, then no award will be given in that category.

Furthermore, awards are given for:
Interior – small yellow cube
Urbanism – small purple cube
Landscape Architecture – small green cube

This year, the award for sustainable construction will once again be presented, in collaboration with the Czech Council for Sustainable Buildings, which was first awarded in 2020.

Registration starts: soon on the website www.grandprixarchitektu.cz

Dates:
April 7, 2021 – announcement of the XXVIII. edition of the GPA – National Prize for Architecture 2021
Until August 15, 2021 – accepting applications for the competition
September 2021 – jury round 1 – selection of the 50 best realizations
October 2021 – jury round 2 and announcement of the results of the GPA – National Prize for Architecture 2021