The thirty buildings have been nominated for the Czech Architecture Prize

Petr Janda / brainwork: Lazy House Zlín

Libčice nad Vltavou - The "Thirty" works are nominated for an award in the sixth year of the Czech Architecture Award. The organizing Czech Chamber of Architects presented the nominees at the nomination evening in Libčice nad Vltavou today. The name of the main award winner and the other finalists will be announced on November 11 at a gala evening in Prague's Forum Karlín.

Through the award, the Chamber of Architects aims to present quality architectural production not only to professionals and the general public but also to representatives of state and local governments. It also wants to emphasize the importance of public competitions in architecture. Among the thirty nominated buildings, three emerged from architectural competitions with confirmed legitimacy issued by the Chamber.

From the buildings selected by the international jury, 13 works were funded from public sources, and 17 from private sources. In terms of building types, residential projects, whether private, intended for recreation, or collective, are the most represented as usual. However, the selection also includes two lookout towers and one observation point, two footbridges, a community center, social housing, a bus station, a sports hall, a church, the reconstruction of a cultural monument, museum exhibitions, or a pet crematorium.

The highest number of nominated realizations is in Prague, with a total of eight, nearly a third of the advancing works. The South Moravian Region has seven nominations, three of which are projects built in Brno. Thus, half of the nominated buildings are located in the two largest cities and their adjacent areas.

Among the authors of the nominated buildings this year are both established studios and creators less known to the public. The Kuba & Pilař Architects studio has two "iron in the fire" this year – in addition to the reconstruction of the cafeteria and dormitory for the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University, also a family house in the Dyje Valley. Petr Hájek Architects captured the jury's attention this year with a project for a pet crematorium, Eternal Hunting Grounds, while Petr Janda and his studio brainwork impressed the jury with the realization of the family house Lazy House Zlín.

The nominated buildings will be presented to the public through accompanying exhibitions in the regions, and their program can be found on the website.