A69

The Czech Republic is one country in which the architectural culture, or at any rate modernism, appears to be more firmly rooted in society than in many other European countries. It is also a country where architects are doing remarkably well compared with many of their fellow Europeans. According to the survey of young architects published in the first issue of Wonderland magazine, the Czechs build more and earn more than most of their colleagues elsewhere in Europe.

Among the new generation of Czech architects and architectural firms, A69 is one of the promising names. The letter A stands for Atelier; the number refers to the year of birth of Boris Redcenkov and Prokop Tomasek, who founded the practice in 1994, immediately after graduating in Prague. Three years later, Jaroslav Wertig, also born in 1969, became the third partner in the firm, which employs around fifteen people. A selection of the firm's work is on show until the end of January 2007 at the Design Factory in the Slovak capital, Bratislava. The exhibition, entitled A69 Remixy, consists of ten cubes which showcase the same number of projects and realizations in a 'remix' that is hoped will allow this architecture to be experienced in a new and different way.