Name: “It’s exciting and frightening”: Architect Jiřičná’s biggest project set for Prague
Uploaded: 2024-05-24T09:35:03+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: The great Czech architect Eva Jiřičná has been living in the UK for many decades. But the biggest project in the 85-year-old’s career, a 1,000-apartment development, is set to go up in Prague. I spoke to Jiřičná on Monday at a presentation of Centrum Nového Žižkova, New Žižkov Centre, on which she collaborated with the

Photo: Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague International

The great Czech architect Eva Jiřičná has been living in the UK for many decades. But the biggest project in the 85-year-old’s career, a 1,000-apartment development, is set to go up in Prague. I spoke to Jiřičná on Monday at a presentation of Centrum Nového Žižkova, New Žižkov Centre, on which she collaborated with the UK’s Arup Group. Plans for the complex were first revealed five years ago, but they have been forced to change considerably since then.

Your original winning design had three towers. The resulting design now has one tower, which is a bit shorter.

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Author: Ian Willoughby