About location - function – order and the freedom for beauty

May 3, 2018

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Topic of the lecture: The buildings by Kleihues + Kleihues distinguish themselves through their timeless yet modern designs. Projects are developed within their cultural context and re­flect the specific characteristics of the particular location. The functional attributes of our designs and the durability of the construction are the basis for an economical as well as ecological use of available resources. The architects attach great importance to selecting the proper materials and ensuring the handcrafted quality of all construction work down to the smallest detail. In his lecture, Jan Kleihues will present four projects from Berlin: the Maritim Conference Hotel, the H10 Hotel, Sofitel Hotel, House on Hausvogteiplatz and the residential high-rise building on Alexanderplatz. About speaker: Founded in 1996 and based in Berlin, Kleihues + Kleihues is a renowned German architectonic office. The founding partners were Professor Josef Paul Kleihues, Jan Kleihues, and Norbert Hensel. After Josef Kleihues’ death, the office continues its practice under the management of Jan Kleihues, Norbert Hensel and other partners. The basic philosophy of this office is responsible approach to design. The buildings are characterized by timeless design that respects the surrounding context. The office has made a number of successful and recognized realizations, for example the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Kaufhof flagship store at Alexanderplatz, the Headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service or complex adaptation and completion of Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

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A civic association KRUH (Circle) was founded in 2001 by a group of architecture students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. 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. During ten years of our activity, we have provided almost 200 lectures (e.g. series of lectures 'Across Swiss Architecture' – in cooperation with a Swiss foundation Pro Helvetia and Swiss Embassy in Prague), three excursions abroad, two film festivals on architecture, an exhibition, and published four collective anthologies with texts on architecture. All our activities gained both a favourable public response (200 – 500 visitors per lecture, 2000 visitors at film festival) and a response of professional press (awarded Architekt magazine prize in 2003). So far we have lined up lectures by significant figures of contemporary architecture eg. Aaron Betsky, Eva Jiřičná, Jan Kaplický, Luigi Snozzi, Mario Botta, Dietmar Eberle, Francisco Mangado and as well many starting Czech architects. In all we do our goal is to create a continuous dialogue about contemporary issues among architects, architecture theorists and public. Our target group consists of architecture students, architects, construction engineers, humanities students and last but not least the general public. This year our programme is focused on lectures and presentation of recent projects, which came out from important architecture competitions in Czech Republic. The aim of the project is to show what is happening right now in architecture, what is new and progressive for architects, and how they deal with the idea of competition.

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