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New Headquarters of the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University

The original canteen and dormitory buildings by the architect Karel Prager are only the torso of an unfinished university campus on the banks of the Vltava River. The canteen itself was never fully used as intended. The 1980s building, built using a demanding lift-slab construction method with its deep central square disposition, had an indisputable architectural quality at the time of its construction. However, a radical change was necessary to accommodate new needs of the Faculty of Humanities.

StudioKuba & Pilař architekti
AuthorLadislav Kuba
Tomáš Pilař
Martin Klimecký
Websitewww.arch.cz/kuba.pilar
 
PhotographerDavid Korsa, www.davidkorsa.com
CollaboratorConstruction and technical solutions: AED project