Contracting authority
Statutory City of Hradec Králové
Competition type
Open design contest, 2 phases
Deadline Phase 1
6.2.2026
Deadline Phase 2
10.4.2026
Prizes total
2.500.000 CZK
Mandatory use of electronic tool
Hradec Králové is seeking the future form of the center of the dynamically developing Kukleny district. Its core will be a municipal cooperative building with one hundred apartments and a square. The challenge is to find a contemporary expression of neighborly coexistence in Kukleny.
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Guillermo Dürig
chairA Swiss architect based in Zurich. He studied architecture at ETH Zurich from 2007 to 2013, one of Europe’s most prestigious technical universities. In 2009 and 2010, he collaborated with Juan Navarro Baldeweg in Madrid. In 2013, he joined the office of Jean-Pierre Dürig and became Executive Director of the Design Assistantship at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Marc Angélil at ETH Zurich. His work has been published in various journals, and he has also served as a guest critic at numerous national and international universities.
Petr Burian
For decades, a partner and co-creator of the architectural footprint of the Prague-based studio DAM (Euro Palace, Lodecká Residential Building with Gym, Main Point Pankrác); subsequently, together with Jiří Havrda, founder of Nextline Architects.
Eva Franch Gilabert
An architect, curator, educator, and researcher based in Barcelona, Prague, and New York. She is a co-founder of FAST, a platform for design, research, and curatorial practice operating at the intersection of architecture, environmental imagination, and technologies for civic engagement. She is a professor at UMPRUM in Prague, an adjunct professor at Columbia University in New York, and an emerita professor at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. She has taught and lectured worldwide and has curated more than 30 exhibitions with international projects, including Letters to the Mayor, with editions in over 20 cities. She co-curated the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2014 and the project Catalonia in Venice: Water Parliaments in 2025. She has served as Director of the Architectural Association in London and of Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York.
Janica Šipulová
She studied architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of Brno University of Technology (FA VUT Brno), TU Graz, and the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (IKA Vienna). She collaborated on urban districts and residential buildings in Vienna—Biotop City, Hauptbahnhof, Csokorgasse, and Mellergründe—as well as in HafenCity, Hamburg. She co-founded Consequence Forma Architects, whose projects have received numerous awards, including finalist recognition in the 2025 Czech Architecture Award. Her work focuses on large-scale developments, social housing, public spaces, and the activation of underused sites. She seeks the ordinary—the extraordinary.
Markéta Aulíková
alternateMarkéta Aulíková studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University in Prague. After completing her studies, she worked at DAM Architects, where she contributed to the firm’s early residential projects. Since 2005, she has been part of Aulík Fišer Architekti, with whom she has maintained long-term collaboration, and since 2015 she has also led her own practice. She focuses primarily on residential architecture and renovation projects, combining a sensitivity to detail with respect for the character of place.
Marie Sanvito Procházková
alternateMarie Sanvito Procházková studied at the Secondary Technical School of Civil Engineering in Náchod and at the Faculty of Architecture of Brno University of Technology. From 2000 to 2003, she worked at the Prague-based office Doležal and Malínský; after moving to Liberec, she collaborated with Petr Stolín and later with Jiří Suchomel at the AR-TUL office. Since 2013, she has practiced independently as a licensed architect. Since 2019, she has been working together with Jiří Janďourek at the City Architecture Office of Liberec.
Adam Záruba
vice-chairDeputy Mayor
Jan Holásek
Municipal Councillor, Member of the City Committee for Spatial Planning, Development and Investments, Senator of the Czech Republic
Pavel Vrbický
Third Deputy Mayor
Šárka Dlouhá
alternateHead of the Chief Architect’s Department, City of Hradec Králové Municipality
Marcela Křelinová
alternateOfficer at the Chief Architect’s Department, City of Hradec Králové Municipality