June 2013: Czechia’s tallest building opens in Brno

At 111 metres, Brno’s AZ Tower remains Czechia’s highest building a decade after it officially opened in June 2013.

AZ Tower in Brno|Photo: Bořivoj Hájek, Czech Television

The idea of outdoing the hitherto tallest building in the country, the City Tower in Prague, came from Brno’s leaders; the AZ Tower was originally planned for eight metres shorter, before the mayor suggested a slight upward extension.

The skyscraper cost CZK 800 million to build. It has 30 above-ground and two underground floors and 17,000 square metres of floor space.

The three-storey base houses shops and other commercial spaces. The tower then houses offices and seventeen apartments on the upper floors.

The building was designed by the Brno architectural firm Burian-Křivinka.