Technical University of Liberec

Professor Jií Suchomel, the school's founder, participated in the realization of a residential building for the Internationale Bauausstellung in Berlin, Germany and in the realization of the Czech House in Malmö, Sweden, and holds the Honour of the Czech Chamber of Architects for his lifelong work. Works by architects and educators Petr Stolín and Alena Mieková, Zen Houses and the Nová Ruda Kindergarten have received awards in the category of Best Building in the Czech Republic by an independent international jury in 2016 and 2019 at the Czech Architecture Awards. Similarly, architect Jií Buek and the SIAL studio were awarded the Grand Prix of Architects in 2014 for the redevelopment of the Liberec City Spa into a Regional Art Gallery. Another one of our architecture studio leaders, Saman Saffarian, builds upon his five-year experience working at Zaha Hadid Architects in London, while architect Radek Kolaík draws valuable experience from his work with Jean Nouvel in Paris. The Department of Arts is led by artist and curator Jan Stolín, co-author of the award-winning Memorial to the Victims and Fighters for Homeland Freedom. In 2000 he f was a finalist in the Jindich Chalupecký Award competition, awarded annually to the best artist under the age of 35. His collaborator Richard Loskot, a Jindich Chalupecký Award finalist in 2012, 2014 and 2017, exhibits in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Additionally, short-term visiting artist studio leaders are invited each semester, complementing the already diverse overall range of creative approaches. Large open studio