The construction of the year in the Karlovy Vary Region is the Parolkova airport terminal

Karlovy Vary - In the competition for the Building of the Year in the Karlovy Vary Region, the new terminal of Karlovy Vary airport won among experts. The Public Award went to Hotel Prezident. Among the submitted projects, the promenade Tržiště - Stará Louka triumphed with the expert jury. Anna Vlášková, manager of the Regional Construction Association of the Karlovy Vary Region, which is hosting the exhibition For Arch Karlovy Vary that started today, reported this to ČTK.
    The new airport terminal cost over 98 million crowns. It can handle up to half a million passengers per year. The Karlovy Vary Region, which owns the terminal, received 80.1 million crowns from the European Regional Development Fund for the construction of the terminal. Architect Petr Parolek gave the terminal a futuristic appearance resembling a jet engine.
    The expert jury awarded second place to the new towers of St. Nicholas Church in Cheb, and third place went to the reconstruction of Hlavní Street in Mariánské Lázně. The jury gave a special recognition for "sensitive spatial design of the shaped residential object" to the multifunctional residential building Zámecký vrch, submitted to the competition by BAU-STAV, a.s. Karlovy Vary. Among the projects, the expert jury awarded a special recognition for "successful design of a transportation infrastructure object" to the Cheb Transport Terminal, which is being prepared by the Karlovy Vary Region.
    The public, which could vote online or today directly at the For Arch exhibition, also appreciated the project Bella Vista Residential Building, submitted to the competition by the company STP, k.s. Karlovy Vary, in addition to Hotel Prezident.
    A total of 16 buildings and six projects were submitted to the competition this year. Unlike previous years, there was no anti-award for the Building of the Year announced this year. According to Vlášková, it will be announced irregularly.