Using a limited palette of materials and colors, Czech firm A8000 returns the South Bohemian Philharmonic to the 17th-century spiritual building's original simplicity.

“We aimed to translate Gregor Mendel’s laws into architecture,” says Ondřej Chybík of Design Vanguard firm Chybík + Krištof. 

A scheme to replace the 122-year-old bridge in lieu of restoring and adapting it to meet modern rail traffic demands would only maintain the structure's original stone piers. 

In the mountains of the Czech Republic, four timber-and-steel structures, collectively called The Guard Patrol, are inspired by figures in the crest of the popular resort town they overlook.