The tallest building will be AZ Tower, the tallest structures are the transmitters

Prague - Basic information about the tallest buildings in the Czech Republic (the foundation stone of the new tallest building in the Czech Republic, AZ Tower, 109.5 meters high, will be laid in Brno on April 20):

Tallest buildings in the Czech Republic:

City Tower

City Tower - 109 meters
- location: Prague 4 - Pankrác
- number of floors: 27 above ground and three underground floors
- construction start: 1983, related constructions began in 1978
- construction completion: 2008
- usage: total rentable area is 49,000 m², of which almost 44,000 m² is office space, the last floor features a restaurant and conference areas, and there is a garage underground
- project author: the final form after reconstruction involved the studio of American architect Richard Meier
- the building was originally intended as the headquarters for Czechoslovak Radio, later the unfinished building was purchased by the development company ECM.


City Empiria - 104 meters
- location: Prague 4 - Pankrác
- number of floors: 27 above ground floors
- construction start: 1975
- construction completion: 1977
- usage: total rentable area is 24,500 m², of which 22,700 m² is office space
- project authors: architects Zdeněk Kuna, Zdeněk Stupka, Olivier Honke-Houfek, Milan Valenta, and Jaroslav Zdražil
- the building was originally the headquarters for the Foreign Trade Enterprise (PZO) Motokov, in 2000 it was bought by the development company ECM, which carried out a comprehensive reconstruction.


SHD Komes - 96 meters
- location: Most
- number of floors: 23 above ground floors
- construction start: 1970
- construction completion: 1984
- usage: offices
- project authors: architects Václav Krejčí, Jiří Fojt, and Míťa Hejduk
- the building was constructed for the headquarters of the North Bohemian Brown Coal Mines (SHD), currently managed by the company SD - KOMES, which is a subsidiary of North Bohemian Mines.


High-rise buildings under construction:

AZ Tower

AZ Tower - 109.5 meters
- location: Brno
- number of floors: 30 above ground and two underground floors
- construction start: 2011
- construction completion: 2013 (estimate)
- usage: the building will have 17,000 m² of space, of which 10,412 m² is office space, the rest is commercial space and apartments.


City Epoque - 104 meters
- location: Prague 4 - Pankrác
- number of floors: 31 above ground and three underground floors
- construction start: 2010
- construction completion: 2013 (estimate)
- usage: 126 apartments, parking spaces, and a cellar for each apartment.


Tallest structure in the Czech Republic:
Transmitters near Liblice near Český Brod - 355 meters
- the pair of transmitters is the tallest structure in Czech territory; the towers built in 1976 are 120 meters apart and both are equipped with elevators that go up to 350 meters - the tallest elevators in the Czech Republic.


Tallest concrete structure in the Czech Republic:
Buková hora transmitter - 223 meters
- the structure from 1967 stands near the summit with an elevation of 683 m above sea level, between Ústí nad Labem and Děčín.


Tallest church tower in the Czech Republic:
Tower of St. Bartholomew's Church in Plzeň - 102.6 meters
- the tower from 1838 consists of a stone part, on which a slender spire rises, ending nearly 103 meters above ground level.