About us

The KRUH association in cooperation with local organizations and initiatives is preparing the twelfth edition of the nationwide festival in autumn, involving Czech, Moravian and Slovak towns and villages of all sizes. This year, it will take place from Friday, September 30 to Thursday, October 6, especially on the weekend of October 1 and 2, 2022.

As such, World Architecture Day is officially set for the first Monday in October. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, however, we do not celebrate just one day, but a whole week of architecture. Through the festival, the KRUH association enables the general public to look at their surroundings through an unusual perspective with architects, historians and experts presenting interesting facts about their neighborhood, their home and the wider area. Architecture Day is not just about architecture and urbanism, but about the broader context behind the creation of each house, park, neighborhood, or city.

The festival takes place in an average of 85 towns and villages or venues each year, with more than 350 events taking place over the course of a week. Despite the difficult pandemic situation in 2020 and 2021, a historical record was set with a total of 399 events taking place in 105 cities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Architecture Day is not just about walks, but also bike rides, cruises, screenings, discussions, workshops for families, art installations and happenings. And the associated festival Film and Architecture. In 2021, the festival took place in more than 88 cities and venues, with over 300 events.

In 2021, you can tentatively look forward to the following cities and venues:

Banská Bystrica, Bardějov, Bedřichov, Benešov, Beroun, Bílovec, Blatná, Bratislava, Brno, Broumovsko, Břeclav, Černošice, České Budějovice, Červený Kostelec, Česká Kamenice, Český Krumlov, Dobříš, Frýdlant, Fryštát, Helfštýn, Hodonín, Hradec Králové, Humpolec, Cheb, Jánské Lázně, Jaroměř, Jeseník, Jihlava, Kamenický Šenov, Karlovy Vary, Kladno, Klatovy, Kolín, Krásná pod Lysou horou, Krásné, Kremnica, Kroměříž, Kutná Hora, Kyjov u Krásné Lípy, Liberec, Lidice, Litoměřice, Litomyšl, Lomnice nad Popelkou, Mariánské Lázně, Mělník, Mikulčice, Mikulov na Moravě, Nitra, Modřice, Nový dvůr, Nymburk, Olomouc, Opava, Ostrava, Pardubice, Pavlov, Piešťany, Plzeň, Poděbrady, Praha, Prachatice, Prostějov, Ralsko, Ratboř, Řevnice, Sezimovo Ústí, Šumperk, Turnov, Týn nad Vltavou, Ústí nad Labem, Valašské Meziříčí, Vimperk, Vizovice, Volyně, Vrchlabí, Vsetín, Vysoké Mýto, Zábřeh, Zlín, Zvolen, Žamberk, Žatec, Žilina.

A civic association KRUH (Circle) was founded in 2001 by a group of architecture students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and it is the only NGO, which operates professionally and continually within the architecture field nowadays. Focus of our activities lies in an ongoing cycle of lectures on architecture held by leading Czech and foreign architects and architecture critics. In addition to that, we have organized excursions to contemporary architectural realisations and film festivals.

During these years of our activity, we have already provided more than 300 lectures, many excursions abroad, 10 film festivals on architecture, an exhibition and published 7 collective volumes with texts on architecture. All our activities gained both a favourable public response (200 – 800 visitors per lecture) and a response of professional press – we were awarded an Architekt magazine prize in 2003. Within 10 years anniversary of the KRUH the Architecture Day was founded 10 years ago and since then every edition attracts thousands of visitors.

So far we have lined up lectures by CH. Kerez, V. Olgiati, L. Snozzi, G. Vogt, G. A. Caminada, A. Betsky and many women architects from the youngest generation to matadors who have presented their work during our 2 year project Women architects.

In all we do our goal is to create a continuous dialogue about modern architecture among architects, architecture theorists and public. Our target group consists of architecture students, architects, construction engineers, humanities students and last but not least the general public.