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Following the destructive floods in August, the Czech Chamber of Architects
called on the country's experts to design flood-proof and economical
houses to be entered in a competition called "Economical House
2002". The winning competition entries are now exhibited in the
Chamber of Architects' building in Prague, where they will be available
for public viewing until the end of the year. Dita Asiedu reports:
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Czechs TodayHelena T. Dunn - Czech-born American interior designer
With top representatives of 46 states expected to stay in the city from the 20th to the 22nd of November, Prague's smart hotels too have to make sure everything will be ready for the exceptional and numerous guests. I'm now standing outside Prague's Renaissance Hotel where I'm about to meet Helena Dunn, a Czech-born American interior designer. She's currently redesigning some parts of the hotel for it to be able to receive all those important guests.
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Current Affairs No money for reconstruction of a UNESCO cultural heritage site
The Tugendhat villa in the Czech Republic's second city of Brno was added to the UNESCO list of cultural heritage sites in December last year. The building is in desperate need of renovation, but earlier this week Brno councilors swept the renovation plans off the table, saying the estimated costs were too high.
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