XIV. Bohuslav Fuchs Award - Invitation to the Announcement

The Bohuslav Fuchs Award is a student competition organized by the Student Society of the Faculty of Architecture at VUT in Brno. It is an award for the best student studio project. It is awarded at the end of each semester by an independent jury consisting of recognized personalities from the architectural scene who do not work at FA VUT, as well as students – holders of this award from the past semester. Ing. arch. Andrej Olah from the architectural studio Grau architekti, Ing. arch. Gabriel Kurtis, architect, director and curator of the Gallery of Architecture Brno, and Ing. arch. MArch. Janica Šipulová from the architectural studio Consequence forma have confirmed their attendance. Students in the jury will be represented by Václav Šana, Marianna Kubová, and Bc. Matej Kurajda. In the morning hours, the first selection will take place, from which the winning and awarded works will subsequently be chosen. The ceremonial announcement will occur in the afternoon. The winning works of the XIV. CBF will be announced during the ceremonial evening on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at 6:00 PM at the Faculty of Architecture VUT Poříčí 5 in Brno. A discussion about the projects, music, and free entertainment will follow. We look forward to your participation.

Andrej Olah (*1985 Bratislava) studied at the Faculty of Architecture STU in Bratislava, Universidade Lusiada in Lisbon, and the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana in the studio of Vasu J. Perovica. During school, he began working at the studio plusminusarchitects with Maroš Fečík, and currently has his own studio GRAU, founded in 2014. He received the CEZAAR 2016 award for the interior of the Slávica store and a nomination for the Dušan Jurkovič Award for a family house in Vrakuna. He works as an architect in the organizing team of the Grape festival. He also served as an internal doctoral student at the Faculty of Architecture STU. He has long been involved in non-profit projects such as the civic association Flowers for Slovakia, which has received numerous awards at home and abroad for its design exhibitions, and is a co-founder of the civic association ARCHTUNG, which focuses on promoting architecture and its mediation to the general public. Among ARCHTUNG's activities is the project ICONS, which promotes significant Slovak architecture from the 1960s, as well as its authors, making it accessible to the average viewer.


Gabriel Kurtis (*1983 Brno) graduated in architecture from VUT in Brno. As early as 2010, he founded his own architectural studio Kurtis&Partners, which offers services across the entire spectrum of architecture and urbanism. He is also on the founding team of the internet portal DesignGate.cz, which provides information from the world of art, science, and technology. The portal was launched during DesignBlock 2012. Since 2012, he has been at the helm of the Gallery of Architecture Brno as director and curator of exhibitions on Bohuslav Fuchs or Ivan Ruller, among others.

Janica Šipulová (*1986 Vsetín) is a graduate of the FA VUT in Brno (2012) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (2013). She completed a study internship at the Technical University of Graz (2009) and a work internship at the Brussels studio JDS (2009) and the Delft studio Mecanoo (2010). She is a co-founder of the architectural studio Consequence forma (2016), which was established based on success in the international urban-architectural competition Future of the Center of Brno.

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