Štvanice footbridge among winners of 2023 Building of the Year contest

Winners of the 31st annual Building of the Year contest were announced by the Foundation for the Development of Architecture and Civil Engineering at a ceremony at Prague’s Rudolfinum on Friday night.

Among the ten winners are the Štvanice footbridge connecting Prague’s districts of Holešovice and Karlín, the family care pavilion at the Pelhřimov Hospital or the multifunctional sports hall Kapka near Vsetín.

The title of Foreign Construction of the Year was awarded to the Milochov Tunnel on the railway line between the Slovak towns of Žilina and Púchov.

This year’s Building of the Year contest saw 110 applications, with the expert jury nominating 38 of them.