Competition for the construction of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington

Two-round (anonymous in the first round, non-anonymous in the second round) public (conceptual in the first round, project-based in the second round) architectural competition.

Organizer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, authorized representative of the organizer Ing. Tomáš Kryl, Ph.D.
Loretánské nám. 101/5 118 00 Prague 1 - Hradčany

Competition Secretary
STIS Construction and Engineering Company, Ltd. - Mgr. Ing. Jan Drobný - lawyer
Národní třída 10, 110 00 Prague 1
tel.: 224 951 447
e-mail: [email protected]

Subject of the competition
Preparation of an architectural design for the construction of a new building for the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C., USA, which will be realized after the demolition of the existing building of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C.

Jury
Regular jury members

• Prof. Ing. arch. Miroslav Masák
• Ing. arch. Jiří Žentel
• Doc. Ing. arch. Zdeněk Fránek
• Ing. arch. Viktor Rudiš
• Ing. Jan Šarboch
• Ing. Jan Malý
• PhDr. Petr Kolář

Substitutes of the jury

• Ing. arch. Eva Špačková
• Ing. arch. Eva Eichlerová
• Ing. Tomáš Kryl, Ph.D.
• Ing. arch. Jan Mudra

Prizes and rewards

• 1st prize: 600,000 CZK
• 2nd prize: 450,000 CZK
• 3rd prize: 300,000 CZK

Total of 1,350,000 CZK.
Participants in the competition who advance to the 2nd round will receive a uniform contribution for the preparation of their proposal amounting to 120,000 CZK.

Dates

• Date of competition announcement: June 19, 2009
• Deadline for submitting questions: until July 31, 2009
• Deadline for answering questions: until August 10, 2009
• Date of submission of competition proposals: September 25, 2009, by 4 PM (1st round), February 8, 2010 (2nd round)
• Date of jury evaluation meeting: October 2009 (1st round), February 2010 (2nd round)

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