Kuba & Pilař architects

Kuba & Pilař Architects is a Czech architecture firm based in Brno and established in 1998 by Ladislav Kuba and Tomáš Pilař.

Founders
Kuba was born on 26 July 1964 in Brno. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the Brno University of Technology (VUT) from 1982 to 1986 and the Academy of Arts in Prague from 1986 to 1990.

Tomáš Pilař was born on 11 October 1963 in Brno. He studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at VUT from 1982 to 1987 and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague from 1987 to 1994.

Professional activities
Kuba & Pilař Architects was established in 1998. Kuba worked from 2001 to 2002 as guest lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at VUT. Pilař also worked there in the years 1994 and 1998-2000. From 2011 to 2012 he was a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Liberec. They have given lectures for students and professionals in the Czech Republic, Austria, and Germany.

Exhibitions

 * Mega will be Giga – Vienna 2004
 * Wonderland Tour – Prague, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam and some other European cities 2004–2007
 * Brick 10 – Vienna 2010
 * New Face of Prague – Prague 2010, and some other European cities
 * V4 architecture – Prague 2011
 * KILL YOUR IDOL (Zabij svého Fuchse) - Psychoanalysis of Contemporary Architecture of the City of Brno - 4AM Brno 2011
 * Czech and Slovak pavillon at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia 2012
 * Kunstverein Leipzig 2013

Works

 * Chapel Panny Marie - Královny, Jestřebí, 1998
 * Apartment villas in Neumannova street, Brno, 2001
 * Faculty of Arts, Library, Masaryk University, Brno, 2001
 * Department store Omega, Brno, 2006
 * Fountain, Svobody square, Brno, 2006
 * Chapel sv. Antonína, Černá, 2006
 * Residential estate Na Krutci, Prague, 2008
 * Scientific Library, Ostrava, project 2008
 * Citypark department center, Jihlava, 2008
 * Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University Pardubice, 2008
 * Gymnasium, University Pardubice, 2008
 * Apartment house, Ostrava, 2010
 * Office building, Ostrava, 2011
 * Gallery of West Bohemia, Plzeň, project 2012
 * Faculty of Humanities, Charles Univerzity in Prague, project 2013

Awards

 * 2002 – Main Price Grand Prix OA for Faculty of Arts, Library, Masaryk Univerzity
 * 2002 – Grand Prix OA in category housing for Apartment villas in Neumannova street, Brno
 * 2003 – nomination of Czech republic for Mies van der Rohe Award, Faculty of Arts, Library, Masaryk univerzity
 * 2007 - nomination of Czech republic for Mies van der Rohe Award, Chapel sv.Antonína, Ćerná
 * 2007 - nomination of Czech republic for Mies van der Rohe Award, Department store Omega, Brno
 * 2007 – Main Price Best of Realty for Residential estate Na Krutci, Prague
 * 2009 – Main Price Grand Prix OA for Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University Pardubice
 * 2009 – Building of the Year for Citypark department center, Jihlava
 * 2009 – Main Price Best of Realty for Citypark department center, Jihlava
 * 2009 - nomination of Czech republic for Mies van der Rohe Award, Residential estate Na Krutci, Prague
 * 2010 – finalist Brick Award 2010, Residential estate Na Krutci, Prague
 * 2011 - nomination of Czech republic for Mies van der Rohe Award, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University Pardubice
 * 2011 - Grand Prix OA in category new building for Apartment house, Ostrava