The jury selected 15 finalists for the Construction of the Year 2016 competition

Bogle Architects: International Research Laser Center ELI, Dolní Břežany

Prague - The expert jury has selected 15 buildings in Czech territory, from which the Building of the Year 2016 will be chosen at the ceremonial evening on October 13. Among the nominees are, for example, the Blanka tunnel complex, the reconstruction of Kuks, the research center in Dolní Břežany, the Sky Walk in Dolní Morava, or the modernization of the railway line Tábor - Sudoměřice. CTK was informed about this today by the organizers from the Foundation for the Development of Architecture and Construction.

"A feature of this year is the very diverse character of the buildings, a great variety in their size, and the significant emergence of the BIM (Building Information Modeling) system, which was used for more than 20 percent of the buildings," said the chairman of the board of the foundation, Jan Fibiger. BIM is a digital model that serves as a database of information about the project throughout its entire life cycle, even to the time of its use.

"For this reason, for the first time this year, there will be three special nominations announced, one of which will be a Special Prize for the use of BIM in the preparation and implementation of buildings. Three nominations will also be announced for foreign buildings that represent a high level of Czech craftsmanship abroad," he added.

All nominated buildings are on the website stavbaroku.cz. People can vote there for the Public Prize until October 13.

In last year's edition, the jury awarded the Comenius Bridge in Jaroměř, the extension of the elementary school in Dobřichovice, the underground complex at the Old Town Square in Mladá Boleslav, the superstructure of the Bolt Tower blast furnace in Ostrava, and the restoration of buildings in the Důl Hlubina premises there.

Nominated buildings:

Building	Author
International Research Laser Center ELI, Dolní Břežany	Ian Bogle
City Ring Road - Blanka Tunnel Complex, Prague	METROPROJEKT Prague a.s., SATRA, spol. s r.o., PUDIS a.s.
Construction of the collector connecting Dluhonice and Kozlovice, Přerov	Aquatis, a.s.
Culture Station Plzeň	VPÚ DECO Plzeň a.s.
Archaeological Park, Pavlov	Ing. arch. Radko Květ
Modernization of the railway line Tábor - Sudoměřice	SUDOP PRAHA a.s.
Sky Walk, Dolní Morava	Zdeněk Fránek ARCHITECT&ASSOCIATES s.r.o.
Černošice Residence	Šafer Hájek architekti s.r.o. - Oldřich Hájek, Pavel Lesenský, Jakub Koníř, Jaroslav Šafer
DELTA Building, Prague	Ing. arch. Jan Aulík, Ing. arch. Jakub Fišer
Application Center Baluo, Olomouc	Ing. Miroslav Pospíšil
Reconstruction of the castle in Svijany	APRIS 3MP, s.r.o.
ByTy in Malešice, Prague	Ing. arch. Oleg Haman, Jakub Seifert, Petr Jambor, Vojtěch Sigmund, Lenka Zvědělíková, Daniel Novák, Petr Sova, Alexandra Fefelová, Jiří Grulich
Reconstruction and completion of the municipal stadium in Vítkovice	David Kotek, Zuzana Sýkorová, Josef Zlámal
Pomegranate - reconstruction of the Kuks complex	Atelier 4, s.r.o.
Electrification of the Šumperk - Kouty nad Desnou railway line	SUDOP BRNO s.r.o