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The Eiffel Tower

The eventful life of the most famous “Old Lady” Construction Facts ~ 15,000 iron pieces (excluding rivets) ~ 2.5 million rivets ~ 40 tons of paint ~ Total weight: 8.56 million kg ~ 1671 steps to the top ~ Total height with television antenna: 320.755 meters (1052 feet, 4 inches)... Read more>>

Design Center Exit 112, Red Cross - Jihlava

The interior design centre and showroom are located in the industrial zone. The appearance and location of the building are based on the terrain morphology. An annexed building with a simple volume that is cut through with a large shop window, into which the green entrance tube leads,... Read more>>

DERMATEX, office and warehouse premises, Jesenice

It was necessary to attach the registered office of the company - an office building. The requirement was to create a representative, homely and stylish environment for the company's management and several employees. The result of the design is a compact L-shaped building integrating... Read more>>

Digital Park II, Bratislava

The design is based on the mass concept of four interconnected trapezoidal buildings with the same height. The mass solution defined in this way forms a peculiar, yet distinct, structure of a reasonable volume located in the surrounding disparate development which responds to the... Read more>>

Laser centre ELI Beamlines - interview

The interview with Viktorie Soucek and Holm Bethge Can you briefly introduce your studio and its practice in London and Prague? BFLS is an award-winning, design-led architectural practice with offices in London and Prague. The Prague branch was opened after we won the... Read more>>

Hotel Miura, Čeladná

The hotel lies on the flat plain surrounded by the rising Beskydy Mountains. In the vicinity of the building is a development of small buildings without a homogenous architectural style. In the design, we used the original morphology bringing new quality to this place. The newly... Read more>>

Reconstruction of a flat in Prague

Prague 1, Staré Město The perception of space and its conceptual solution the essential architectonic element of which is the system of suspended structures are documented by recent, radical reconstruction of flat unit located in the functionalistic object of the beginning of the... Read more>>

Renovation of a villa in Braník, Prague 4

The original villa is the work of an architect named Prager from the 1970s. It was not only an exceptional building but a unique place. The villa was originally designed for the architect's family. As the family changed, the villa changed too. When the family branched out, it was... Read more>>

Václav Havel Library, Prague 1

Apart from historically valuable building and craft details, the building is especially remarkable by its stylistic diversity, which is typical for Prague's architecture. When designing an adaptation of a building to its new use as a cultural and educational institution - the Václav... Read more>>

Town Library in Soběslav

Preservation of gothic castle The main design criterion for reconstruction and extension of the castle in consideration of the chosen functional purpose is the author's endeavour to connect the original premises with the new structures. The temporary static safety measures in the form... Read more>>

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