The jury selected 15 finalists for the Construction of the Year 2015 competition

Comenius Bridge in Jaroměř, authors: Mirko Baum, David Jaroš, Vladimír Janata, investor: City of Jaroměř

Prague - The jury of the Building of the Year 2015 competition selected 15 finalists who will compete for five titles. In the running are, for example, the multifunctional center Quadrio, Forum Karlín, Trojhalí Nová Karolina, and the Troja Bridge. The names of the finalists were announced by the organizing Foundation for the Development of Architecture and Construction at today's nomination evening.
    The winning five, which will receive the title of Building of the Year 2015, will be announced by the organizers of the competition on October 13 at a ceremonial evening in the Bethlehem Chapel in Prague.
   The title can be awarded to new and reconstructed buildings, urban realizations of public spaces, landscape modifications, residential and non-residential buildings, transportation and engineering constructions, as well as specific building works. A condition for entering the competition was completion and commissioning or approval within the period from June 2014 to May this year.
    Last year's Buildings of the Year included the Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC in Brno, the cable car to Sněžka, the family house "LF" in Nebušice, the aviation museum of Metoděj Vlach in Mladá Boleslav, and the Šantovka shopping center in Olomouc. Last year, the public awarded a prize to the Ostrava Science and Technology Center in Vítkovice.

Final fifteen buildings in the Building of the Year 2015 competition

—— Reconstruction of the White Tower in Hradec Králové, author/designer: Jaromír Chmelík, investor: Statutory City of Hradec Králové, contractor: Association BAK - RenoArt
—— Bolt Tower in Ostrava - extension of blast furnace No. 1, Josef Pleskot/AP Atelier, Lower Area Vítkovice, ING Steel
—— Access and new use of the National Cultural Monument Hlubina in Ostrava, Milan Šraml, Jan Malík, A-LT architects, Lower Area Vítkovice, Stamont - Civil Engineering
—— Troja Bridge in Prague, Jiří Petrák, Ladislav Šašek, Roman Koucký, Libor Kábrt, Capital City of Prague, Metrostav
—— Multifunctional building Quadrio in Prague, Jakub Cigler, Vincent Marani, CPI National, Metrostav
—— Residential complex Kajetánka in Prague, Milan Veselý/Loxia, Avestus Capital partners and Lapid Capital Venture, Association of Companies Kajetánka
—— Educational and Cultural Center Broumov - revitalization of the monastery, Libor Klubal, INS/ADR, Benedictine Abbey of St. Wenceslaus in Broumov, Hochtief CZ
—— Květná Garden in Kroměříž - national center of garden culture, Transat/Architects D.R.N.H, National Heritage Institute, VW. Wachal
—— Extension of the elementary school in Dobřichovice, Šafer Hájek architects/AED project, City of Dobřichovice, Subterra
—— Trojhalí Nová Karolina in Ostrava, Josef Pleskot, Jiří Trčka, Michaela Košařová, Trojhalí Karolina, Gemo Olomouc
—— Comenius Bridge in Jaroměř, Mirko Baum, David Jaroš, Vladimír Janata, City of Jaroměř, Jaroměř Company
—— Underground complex in the northern part of the Old Town Square in Mladá Boleslav, Michal Hlaváček, Karel Musil, Statutory City of Mladá Boleslav, CGM Czech, BAK Trutnov
—— Family villa on Kolejní Street in Brno, Petr Skrušný/Architektonika 3000, private individual, Českomoravský beton
—— Air House in the ČVUT campus in Prague, ČVUT in Prague, Faculty of Architecture, ČVUT in Prague, ČVUT in Prague and Biskup Timber Construction
—— Forum Karlín in Prague, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, Aleš Marek, Martin Rous/AED project, Horth-Line, Průmstav