This fall again, the KRUH association in cooperation with local-based organizations and initiatives is organizing the nationwide festival known as Architecture Day, with many Czech cities engaging in its numerous events.

This year’s 15th edition will run between October 2 and October 7.

Architecture Day is not just about walks, but also bike rides, cruises, screenings, discussions, workshops for families, art installations, and happenings. And the associated festival Film and Architecture.

Historical highlights in Prague are the Judith Bridge Tower on the Malá Strana side of Charles Bridge, the Baroque summer residence Portheimka, and Veleslavín Chataeu.

This edition is subtitled This Architecture and focuses particularly on the architectural work of women. It will commemorate well-known names such as Eva Jiřičná, Eva Machoninová and Alena Šrámková, but also a number of neglected female authors.

The festival will also focus on new buildings, renovations, and forgotten places. Walks will take interested parties to areas such as the Morušovka villa district in Hradec Králové, Prague’s Baba and Ořechovka, Kylešovský Hill in Opava, the Planýrka area in Brno, or the abandoned workers’ colony Karlov in Plzeň.

Examples include the first Czechoslovak architecture graduate Milada Petříková-Pavlíková, the author of the villas on Prague’s Baba, Hana Kučerová-Záveská, or Ella Oehler, who designed the spa colonnade in Teplice nad Bečvou or the pavilion of the Central Moravian Power Plants.

Iconic villas of various architectural styles will also come to life during the festival. Among the 20th-century buildings included will be the Koldům in Litvínov, the Langhans Palace in Prague, the former Dukla cinema in Pardubice, and cultural houses in various cities.

The festival takes place in an average of 85 towns and villages or venues each year, with more than 350 events taking place over the course of a week.

More info here

About KRUH

A civic association KRUH (Circle) was founded in 2001 by a group of architecture students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and it is the only NGO, which operates professionally and continually within the architecture field nowadays.

Focus of our activities lies in an ongoing cycle of lectures on architecture held by leading Czech and foreign architects and architecture critics. In addition to that, we have organized excursions to contemporary architectural realisations and film festivals.

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