Nadace české architektury

Nadace české architektury (NČA), also presented online as Centrum architektury, is a Czech non-profit foundation based in Prague that supports the development of Czech architecture. According to its official website, it treats architecture as an essential part of culture and of people's everyday lives, and it channels funding and organisational support to projects that document, discuss and promote quality architecture in the Czech Republic. The foundation operates as a grant-giving and programme-organising body rather than as a commercial developer or design studio. Its website reports more than 500 supported projects in architecture and 28 years of foundation activity, and states that it allocated 1.3 million CZK in 2025 to support Czech architecture. Supported projects have included podcast series, documentary video series, and web databases mapping significant buildings — for example the podcast miniseries Mluvící objekty, the jablonec-gablonz.net website, and the video documentary series Architektura 80. a 90. let produced by cosa.cz. Beyond grants, NČA organises and partners on public events such as lectures and exhibitions. Its site lists events including a lecture and exhibition opening by Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D. on the Brno ring boulevard, and a lecture on the construction of cultural houses in the second half of the 20th century, held with Architekti bez hranic, z.s. at the Gallery of Architecture Brno. The foundation also runs internal governance processes, such as elections to its Board of Directors (Správní rada). As a foundation, NČA is a private, non-listed entity. Its public identity is tied to grant-making, architectural heritage and contemporary architecture advocacy in Czechia, with Prague as its base.

Nadace české architektury (NČA) is a Czech foundation based in Prague that supports the development of Czech architecture. Its official website presents the organisation under the heading Centrum architektury and frames its mission around the belief that architecture matters for Czech culture and for people's everyday lives. The site states that the foundation has been active for 28 years and has supported more than 500 projects in architecture, indicating a long-running grant-making and advocacy role in the Czech architectural field. The foundation's work is carried out through financial support for projects and through its own public programme. Its website reports that it allocated 1.3 million CZK in 2025 to support Czech architecture. Examples of supported projects include the podcast miniseries Mluvící objekty by Petr Bureš, which presented four episodes mapping significant buildings of the 1990s and interviews with architects and designers, and which won the Objev roku (Discovery of the Year) award in the Podcast roku competition; the jablonec-gablonz.net website by PLAC, z.s., which revives the historical memory of the city of Jablonec and presents quality architecture and public space discussion, expanding its database of significant Jablonec buildings in 2024; and the video documentary series Architektura 80. a 90. let by cosa.cz, kulturní družstvo, which in 2024 produced three episodes mapping significant buildings and their creators with expert interviews, available online at cosa.tv. In addition to grants, NČA organises and partners on events. Its website lists, among supported and organised events, an exhibition opening with a lecture by Ing. arch. Adam Guzdek, Ph.D. titled 'Brněnská okružní třída na mapách a plánech' at the Gallery of Architecture Brno, and a lecture on the construction of cultural houses in the second half of the 20th century with Architekti bez hranic, z.s. at the same gallery. The foundation also conducts internal governance, including elections to its Board of Directors (Správní rada). As a foundation, NČA is a private, non-listed organisation. Its public identity centres on grant-making, architectural heritage and contemporary architecture advocacy in Czechia, with Prague as its base.

• Foundation reports 28 years of foundation activity

• More than 500 architecture projects supported

• 2024: Supported podcast miniseries Mluvící objekty wins Objev roku in Podcast roku

• 2024: Supported jablonec-gablonz.net expands database of significant Jablonec buildings

• 2024: Supported documentary series Architektura 80. a 90. let produces three episodes

• 2025: Foundation allocates 1.3 million CZK to support Czech architecture

Non-profit foundation and grant-giving centre promoting and supporting the development of Czech architecture.

• Grant programme for architecture projects

• Centrum architektury public programme

• Supported project: Mluvící objekty podcast miniseries

• Supported project: jablonec-gablonz.net

• Supported project: Architektura 80. a 90. let video documentaries

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