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Photos: Ester Havlová, Stepán Bartos Design: Heyduk, Musil & Strnad, s.r.o Ondrej Jelinek Klára Pucerová Zuzana Prokopová Josef Musil HALLA WAY OF LIGHT 2012/2013 INTRODUCTION WELCOME TO PRAGUE Due to its culture and architecture Prague is today the fifth most visited city in Europe and the twelfth most popular city in the world. At the 10th Venice Biennale of Architecture, whose main theme was a city and the relationship between architecture and society, Prague was mentioned in one research as the second city with the greatest potential of growth in Europe. Prague is well known to the...

GALERIE HARFA CENTER GOLF CLUB HOSTIVAR HAIR STUDIO BOMTON KOTVA DEPARTMENT STORE 18 RADIO FREE EUROPE 20 KARTOUZSKÁ MEDICAL CENTER 22 GRAFIC SCHOOL PRAGUE 23 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LIGHT SOURCES ilAwL Prague Castle Vysehrad Castle Queen Ann's Summer Palace Charles Bridge Television Tower PIERRE CARDIN STORE 40 BB CENTRUM - BUILDING GAMMA 42 JAROSLAV FRAGNER GALLERY 44 Lookout Tower [¡jjjj funicular Dancing House main road other roads UNDA D54 MILA D58 TREND D62 PURI D64 LEIRA D66 RUNDO D68 ELUMI D72 HUGE Q76 GRONA D80 NOAH Q82 SARI D83 RAZI D84 STUBI Q85 NORD D86 LUNCI D ALUMO D90 ZULI...

Architect: IO Studio, Luka Krizek, Radek Bláha / Realisation: 2011 The CEC's interior was built to present products to Vodafone clients. The client is informed here by means of up-to-date technologies on a broad range of corporate services and products. The audio-visual experience is enhanced by a brilliant and original design of the whole space, visually interconnected by a fully glazed wall to the Fuel cafeteria designed by the same architectural studio. Following the arrangement to a so-called 'visitor route' the visitor enters first the relaxation zone. From here he is intuitively lured...

HALLA 14 WAY OF LIGHT 2012/2013 REALISATIONS GOLF CLUB HOSTIVAŘ HALLA WAY OF LIGHT 2012/2013 REALISATIONS GOLF CLUB HOSTIVAŘ 15 Hornoměcholupská 565, Prague 10 / 50°2'52.112"N, 14°33'5.659"E Architect: ADR, Petr Kolář, Aleš Lapka / Realisation: 2003-2007 A modern golf complex is located between a road, a railway and an industrial zone – yet it was still possible to build here a fantastic new sports ground with the necessary groves, lakes and lawns. The local jewel is the clubhouse containing conference rooms, a meeting room, cloakrooms, storage boxes, a golf shop and a comfortable...

16 HAIR STUDIO BOMTON Architect: heyworth studio architekti / Realisation: 2002 Architect: Ian Bryan Architects / Realisation: 2010-2011 A HUGE D 76 ELUMI Q 72 Â HUGE Q 76 ELUMI Q 72

KOTVA DEPARTMENT STORE KOTVA DEPARTMENT STORE Architect: Vera and Vladimir Machoninovi / Realisation: 1971 -75 / Reconstruction: 2008-2011 KOTVA DEPARTMENT STORE No single full-assortment department store had been built in Prague until the 1970s since the time of the functionalistic Bílá Labuf department store (1956). The competition for the biggest department store behind the iron curtain was won by the Machonins from among 21 other teams. The whole building was founded on a hexagonal structure with each module established by a prefab reinforced concrete column with six inclining struts...

RADIO FREE EUROPE RADIO FREE EUROPE Architect: Cigler Marani Architects, Jakub Cigler, Vincent Marani / Realisation: 2008 One of the very complicated buildings in Prague - architects not only had to deal with substantial security precautions, but also with energy saving requirements. Thus they had to burden the radio building with a number of atypical roles. At the same time they had to consider the tasks given by a stately headquarters of an international radio station. Thanks to glazed strengthened central walls with steel columns, modules and beams introducing light to the circulation...

HALLA WAY OF LIGHT 2012/2013 REALISATIONS KARTOUZSKÁ MEDICAL CENTER KARTOUZSKÁ MEDICAL CENTER Architect: Bursik Holding, a.s. / Realisation: 2010 GRAFIC SCHOOL PRAGUE GRAFIC SCHOOL PRAGUE Architect: J i ri Rymes / Realisation: 2006

PRAGUE AIRPORT PRAGUE AIRPORT Architect: Alois Nikodém, Zdenëk Volman, Tomás Janecek, Pavel Mansfeld (Mansfeld I.D.C.) PRAGUE AIRPORT One of the biggest contemporary projects (5 main blocks and 190 other buildings) completed in spring 2006. It provided such structure of air terminal, auxiliary and other services to over 53.000 m2 that allowed an increase in the capacity of the airport to over 12 million passengers annually. A rather minimalistic and at the same time functional design of the terminal again ranked this airport among the top in world transport architecture. Such top-class...

GALERIE HARFA CENTER GALERIE HARFA CENTER Architect: Moshe Zur Architects International / Realisation: 2008-2010 GALERIE HARFA CENTER This largest shopping and particularly office centre in Prague with interesting glass facade elements imitating botanical patterns is found close to the 02 Arena in Prague - Vysocany. The centre offers over 160 shops, cafeterias, services, a flower shop, terrace roof garden, restaurants, a food court, a large children's playground, an ice rink, entertaining water features and multi-media attractions in 49.000 square meters. It is notable not only by being...

HALLA WAY OF LIGHT 2012/2013 REALISATIONS SPORT CENTER HAMR-BRANlK 28 SPORT CENTER HAMR-BRANÍK Architect: Studio M, Petr Husák / Realisation: 2007 Architect: Vratislav Kucera / Realisation: 2011

SYKORAHOME PRAGUE SYKORA HOME PRAGUE Architect: Atelier 91, Richard Turna, Ivo Gajdosík / Realisation: 2006-2009 A company owned by the Sykora family from Vizovice have already built two identical department stores (the second one in Brno) with a typical tower set in front of the façade and a negatively inclining front glass wall allowing the perusal of goods even in artificial light at night. Products of the family-owned company are complemented by the shop-in-shop concept where a customer may see and buy goods from the best design brands - for example Aston Martin, Bang & Olufsen, Rolf...