International Architecture Festival Architecture Week Prague 2013

Program:

Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Walk for architecture
18:00 – exhibition opening of Famous Villas, Jiřský Monastery, Prague Castle
20:00 Lecture by Emre Arolat, Turkey, NTK

Thursday, September 26, 2013
18:00 – 21:00 Day of Italian Architecture, Jiřský Monastery, Prague Castle

Friday, September 27, 2013
10:00 – 18:00 Day of the City of České Budějovice, Republic Square

Saturday, September 28, 2013
10:00 – 18:00 Day of the City of Olomouc, Republic Square

Monday, September 30, 2013
18:00 – 21:00 Day of Italian Architecture, Jiřský Monastery
20:00 Lecture by Dr. Iain Mackay, Peru, NTK
10:00 – 18:00 Day of the City of Písek, Republic Square

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Playful Architect – program for children from participating schools at Prague Castle
10:00 – 18:00 Day of the City of Přerov, Republic Square
17:00 – 18:30 Day with UNESCO Czech Heritage, Jiřský Monastery
19:00 Festive Evening, Prague Castle

Wednesday, October 2, 2013
10:00 – 18:00 Day of the City of Skalice, Republic Square
16:00 Walk for architecture
18:00 Lecture by Codina Dusoin, Romanian Cultural Institute
20:00 Lecture by Nikolaus Goetze, GMP, Germany, NTK

Thursday, October 3, 2013
10:00 – 18:00 Day of the City of Tábor, Republic Square
Professional conference, Brožík Hall of the Old Town Hall

Friday, October 4, 2013
10:00 – 18:00 Day of the City of Žilina, Republic Square
VIP walk for architecture
Saturday, October 5, 2013
10:00 – 18:00 Day of Polish Culture, Republic Square

Sunday, October 6, 2013
Architecture on Water, ČKA, Vltava

Monday, October 7, 2013
20:00 Lecture by Jorge + Arturo Arditti, Mexico, NTK

Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Playful Architect – program for children from participating schools at Prague Castle

Wednesday, October 9, 2013
10:00 – 18:00 Day of the City of Znojmo, Republic Square
16:00 Walk for architecture
20:00 Lecture by Bolle Tham, Tham & Videgard Architects, Sweden, NTK

Thursday, October 10, 2013
Day of the Jan Kaplický Center, Jiřský Monastery
10:00 – 18:00 Day of Slovak Culture, Republic Square
20:00 Lecture by Bracha and Michael Chyutin, Chyutin Architects, Israel, NTK

Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Playful Architect – program for children from participating schools at Prague Castle
20:00 Lecture by Pierre Hebbelinck, Wallonia-Brussels NTK

Wednesday, October 16, 2013
16:00 Walk for architecture

The program will be continuously supplemented and updated.
Program changes reserved.

For more information visit www.architectureweek.cz

Exhibitions at Jiřský Monastery, Prague Castle:

• Exhibition World Architectural Heritage included in UNESCO

• Exhibition Architectural Heritage of the Czech Republic included in UNESCO

• Exhibition Style is not written, style is looked at

• Film screenings about Slovak UNESCO sites

• Exhibition Arch Heritage

• Exhibition Arch World 2013

• Exhibition Prague Castle from history to the present

• Italian architecture: Exhibition Common pavilions

• Brazilian architecture: Contemporary Brazilian architecture

• Danish architecture: Exhibition Danish modern architecture

• Exhibition Architecture of Prague 6 (Exhibition Baba Settlement, Notable Buildings of Prague 6)
  

• Exhibition Playful Architect

• Exhibition Arch Works CZ&SK 2013

• Exhibition Famous Villas V4 and Slovenia

• Student exhibition Michal Milan Harminc, builder and architect

• Student exhibition: From Hefele to Jurkovič. Exceptional buildings of the 19th century in Slovakia

• Student exhibition: Selection of realizations - Presentation of works by students of STU SR

• Exhibition Lithuania in a postal package

• National Heritage Institute – selection

• Famous Villas of Poland – outdoor exhibition

• Architecture and Culture: Heritage and Present

• Architecture for the blind

Accompanying program of the festival:

1. Festive social evening for the festival, which will take place on October 1, 2013
in the Spanish Hall at Prague Castle (a unique social event for about 400 invited guests, which opens the entire festival, attended by government representatives, cities, foreign guests, ambassadors, partners, and selected journalists). The President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman has accepted the invitation to the festive evening.
The moderator of the festive evening will be PhDr. Jakub Železný.
Entry by invitation only.

2. Professional conference on the theme Protection of tangible cultural heritage within the European Union. The conference will take place on Thursday, October 3, 2013, from 14:00 in Brožík Hall of the Old Town Hall in Prague with the participation of invited representatives from the UNESCO world organization, European and global experts on heritage protection and architectural heritage.

3. Exhibition Warsaw Modernist
An exhibition of photographs presenting gems of modernist interwar architecture in the capital of Poland.
Exhibition at the Polish Institute Gallery in Prague (www.polskyinstitut.cz)
Vernissage: September 26 from 18:00

4. Exhibition Romanian Architects – Creators of Heritage
A comprehensive exhibition that will present through current and historical photographs, plans, drawings, and data over 100 buildings, realized by more than 50 architects of various religions, periods, and styles – from 1892 to 2012.
Exhibition at the Romanian Cultural Institute.

5. Exhibition Bulgarian Architecture
Exhibition at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute.

6. Exhibition Building of the Year 2013
Exhibition in the Valdštejn Riding School.

7. Days of cities in Prague:
In cooperation with the Prague 1 Municipal District, from September 27 to October 10, 2013, a pavilion will be prepared in Republic Square for the presentation of countries and cities in the center of Prague - not only architectural heritage creates the country and city, its character, and spirit. Individual countries and cities will present their cultural program (music, dance, gastronomy, theater, etc.) here. The pavilion will also serve as an information center for the festival.

8. Lectures by Czech and foreign architects (at the National Technical Library, Prague 6). We are preparing the following lectures – Israel (Bracha and Michael Chyutin), Mexico (Jorge and Arturo Arditti), Germany (Nikolaus Goetze), Peru (Iain Mackay), Portugal (Carlos Castanheira), Spain (Nieto Sobejano/Fernando Menis), Sweden (Bolle Tham), Turkey (Emre Arolat), Wallonia-Brussels (Pierre Hebbelinck) and more. The schedule for individual lectures is available in the One-Day Events section.

9. Guided walks for architecture. This year, traditional walks for the historic architecture of Prague will take place. In cooperation with the Prague Information Service. The schedule for individual walks is available in the One-Day Events section.