Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:04:37 +0200https://english.radio.cz/martin-rajnis-70s-high-tech-a-building-ice-queen-snezka-8595440© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalMartin Rajniš is a renowned Czech architect, who along with Johnny Eisler and Miroslav Masák, authored the famous Máj building (now Tesco) in the centre of Prague. Designed in the high tech style Máj was one of Czechoslovakia’s first department stores and is now a cultural heritage site. But that is only one of the architect’s achievements: in the 1990s after the fall of Communism, he was involved in the extensive redesigning of the area around Anděl in Prague’s Smíchov district. Since, the architect has also concentrated more and more on designs using natural materials – especially wood – in newer projects, including an acclaimed building on the Czech Republic’s highest peak, Sněžka.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/rajnis_martin1.jpg?timestamp=1591369681 https://english.radio.cz/martin-rajnis-70s-high-tech-a-building-ice-queen-snezka-8595440 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9