The Construction of the Year can be a cable car, a brewery, a highway, or a bike path

World of Technology Science and Technology Center, Ostrava / Josef Pleskot; photo Tomáš Souček

Prague - The title Building of the Year can be won this year in its 22nd edition by, for example, the Central European Institute of Technology CEITEC, the reconstruction of the cable car to Sněžka, the Děčín Brewery Center, or the bike path across the Elbe in Čelákovice. A total of 15 buildings have made it to the finals. The final nominations were announced today by ABF - The Foundation for the Development of Architecture and Construction, which organizes the competition.
Just as in previous years, this year's edition is open to all buildings without distinction of type or the amount of costs incurred for their acquisition. A condition for entry into the competition was the completion and commissioning or approval during the period from June 2013 to this May.
This year's novelty is the Prize from the Ministry for Regional Development and the Association for Urbanism and Spatial Planning for public space, which was awarded to the Reconstruction of the Vršovice Castle in Prague.
A total of 58 Czech projects and five foreign ones have entered this year’s Building of the Year competition. In the end, five buildings will receive the title without distinction of ranking. They will be chosen by a jury led by architect Radomíra Sedláková. The announcement of the results will take place on October 9 in the Senate during the eighth edition of Building and Architecture Days.

Nominations for the title Building of the Year 2014:

—— CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Brno / A PLUS a.s., Karel Tuza, Petr Uhlíř, Jiří Babánek, Jaromír Černý, Jiří Ducháček, Marek Focher, Petr Ondráček, Klára Steinhauserová, Jitka Nováková
—— Reconstruction of the Cable Car to Sněžka, Pec pod Sněžkou / TRENTO, s.r.o., Miloš Pařízek, Zdeněk Mikulecký, David Kratochvíl
—— Děčín Brewery Center, Děčín / Studio acht, s.r.o., Václav Hlaváček
—— Florentinum, Prague / Cigler Marani Architects, a.s., Jakub Cigler
—— Family House "LF", Nebušice / Fiala + Němec s.r.o., Stanislav Fiala
—— Aviation Museum Metoděj Vlach in Mladá Boleslav, Mladá Boleslav / Hlaváček - architects, s.r.o., Michal Hlaváček, Ludvík Holub, Daniela Šimková, Pavel Lupač
—— Cycling path across the Elbe in Čelákovice, Čelákovice / Milan Kalný, Jan Komanec, Václav Kvasnička, Petr Keil
—— Extension of Kindergarten - new pavilion, Kostelní 37, Prague 7 / PRO ARCH, s.r.o., Jiří Vasiluk, František Prajer, Petr Mezera
—— Shopping Center Šantovka, Olomouc / Atelier 8000, s.r.o., Rober Bishop, BENOY
—— KCEV - Krkonošské Center for Environmental Education, Vrchlabí / Petr Hájek Architekti, s.r.o., Petr Hájek
—— Water Works Šance - Drainage Tunnel, Ostravice / Tomáš Ohera, Zdeněk Dvořák, Jaroslav Lacina, Vlastimil Horák
—— Revitalization of Municipal Baths into Gallery Object, Liberec / SIAL architects and engineers, s.r.o., Jiří Buček, Jan Duda, Filip Horatschke, Helena Hlávková
—— Hotel Rajská Zahrada, Nové Město nad Metují / DAD STUDIO, s.r.o., Helena Dařbujánová, Pavel Hrdý, Jiří Dařbuján
—— Highway D3, Construction 307, Tábor-Soběslav / Valbek, s.r.o.
—— World of Technology Science and Technology Center, Ostrava / Josef Pleskot