Osnova was founded by Alžběta Kovandová after ten years in a Basel studio. We stayed small on purpose: six people means nobody you have never met decides anything about your house. Test.
The studio sits in a former printworks in Holešovice. We draw by hand and by computer, glue models out of card, and every Thursday evening the table is cleared for a shared critique — we invite clients to it too.
We build family houses, renovate, design interiors, and now and then win a competition for a public building.
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A house has to make sense before it is photogenic. We start with the layout, the structure and the money — the expression grows out of them by itself.
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From the first sketch to handover you are led by the same team. Nothing gets lost in a handover.
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Every detail we draw, we can defend on site. That is why we go there every week.
Founder and lead architect
Architect, project lead
Architect, interiors
Structural engineer, supervision
“The best houses come out of calm decisions. Our job is to turn fifty nervous questions into ten calm answers.”
Send us a few lines about your plans. We reply within two working days and invite you to a Thursday critique.