In the final selection for the architecture award are the Praha-Bubny train station and the hall in Jihlava

Prague-Bubny Station

Prague – Among the narrower selection of 25 nominated projects for this year's Czech Architecture Award is, for example, the reconstruction of the Prague-Bubny train station, a cultural center in Kralupy nad Vltavou, a wooden building for Affordable Housing in Žďár nad Sázavou, and the Horácká multifunctional hall in Jihlava. The jury appreciated renovations and reconstructions, buildings designated for housing, constructions with greater social impact, and projects improving public space. The Czech Chamber of Architects, which awards the prize, informed about this in a press release. The main winner and other finalists will be announced on November 12.

Cultural Center in Kralupy nad Vltavou

The nominated buildings are represented across the entire Czech Republic. The highest number of nominated works is located in Prague, with seven projects. This is followed by the Central Bohemian Region with five nominations. The South Bohemian Region and Vysočina each have three representatives. The South Moravian and Liberec regions each have two nominations, and there is one nomination in the Plzeň, Zlín, and Moravian-Silesian regions.

Twelve realizations were financed from private sources and 13 from public funds. According to data provided during the application submission, the investment costs of ten nominated buildings exceeded 100 million crowns, one was in the range of 30 to 100 million crowns, and 14 nominations had costs lower than 30 million crowns.

Wooden building in Žďár nad Sázavou

A complete list of nominated projects can be found on the website. After the nominations were announced, public voting for the public prize was also launched, and voting can be done on the website until October 31.

The international jury consists of Spanish architect and urban planner Julio de la Fuente, Austrian journalist and curator Manuela Hötzlová, Danish professor of landscape architecture at the University of Copenhagen Bettina Lammová, Dutch architect Jeroen van Schooten, and Slovak architect Ilja Skoček. "At the end of August, members of the international jury will personally visit all 25 nominated buildings across the Czech Republic, which will allow them to assess the actual execution of the realizations and evaluate their contribution in the context of the place," said Dagmar Mošnerová, manager of the Czech Architecture Award.

This year's Honor was awarded by the Czech Chamber of Architects to architect and educator Ladislav Lábus. According to the chamber, since the 1990s he has been among the leading figures of contemporary Czech architecture and also one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called Czech severity. Since 1991, he has led his own office, Lábus AA – Architectural Studio. Among Lábus's most significant projects are the Vyšehrad Care Service House in Český Krumlov, the reconstruction and extension of the Langhans Palace in Prague, the reconstruction of the functionalist Paličkova Villa, the renovation and extension of an apartment building on Na Smetance street, the reconstruction of the Edison transformer station in Prague, and the transformation of the Karlov Hotel in Benešov.