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Chybik + Kristof create wine bar in restored and reimagined 19th-century brewery buildings
by Stu Robarts | 02 Dec 2019
Chybik + Kristof have created a wine bar and tasting room in a converted 19th-century brewery and its adjacent 1970s technical space by employing two distinct approaches to renovation. House of Wine is located in Znojmo, Czech Republic, and comprises the two spaces with very different heritages. The original brewery building has been treated as a heritage site, with its fabric restored and preserved, but little in the way of
Steven Holl and Architecture Acts win competition for new Ostrava concert hall
by Andy Knaggs | 10 Jul 2019
The Czech city of Ostrava is to have a new concert hall designed by Steven Holl Architects and Prague-based Architecture Acts following an international competition. The structure will create a tension between new and old, with the new building sitting astride the city's existing House of Culture. The 1,300-seat concert hall, which is expected to open in 2023, was designed as a "perfect acoustic instrument in its case" in collaboration
Spiralling Sky Walk brings thrills and chills to Czech mountain valley
by Kim Megson | 13 May 2016
Construction has been completed on a meandering ’Sky Walk’ and observation deck towering 55m (180ft) above a forest valley in the Czech Republic. Local studio Franek Architects created the dramatic timber and steel structure for a ski and wellness resort in the mountains near Dolni Morava. The Sky Walk provides a constantly shifting view as you ascend to an altitude of 1,116 meters above sea level. A number of ways
Czech Republic’s first 3D planetarium to launch next month
by Tom Anstey | 17 Oct 2013
Work on the Czech Republic’s first 3D planetarium has been completed at the Techmania Science Centre in Plzen, with an opening date of 4 November. The planetarium, which cost CZK150m (£4.95m, US$7.98m, €5.8m) to build will include two large domes for education, a laboratory, workshops and clubs, and is housed inside the heritage listed ASAP Skoda cafeteria, built in 1917. “We have rebuilt a dilapidated building into an ultramodern planetarium
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