Anglická Street
reconstruction of ground-floor facades and design of street lamps
CZ, Františkovy Lázně, Anglická — 1998
public area
public area
investor, client
Město Františkovy Lázně (Město)architect
Boris Redčenkov, Prokop Tomášek, Jaroslav Wertigteam, collaboration
Pontex, s. r. o., Jana Dobiášováphotographer
Pavel Štechaawards
Grand Prix 1999 – National Architecture Award – Honorable Mentionproject detail
With the growth of the town, what was originally a peripheral street has now become a central route of communication, bringing together the centre and a residential district. This thoroughgoing reconstruction economically re-arranged the course of operations allowed for new developments of the commercial spaces and gave the street an attractive form in keeping with its new status.
The spine of the spatial concept is the row of columns, evocative of the rhythm of classical colonnades. Its fixed axis unifies the space not completely defined by the street; besides, the columns have lights installed inside them, dispersing their light subtly into the street through diffusive shades.