Prodesi/Domesi

Michal Kotlas earned his degree at the Faculty of Architecture in Brno, where he first delved into the realm of modern wooden constructions and won the competition Dřevěný dům (Wooden House). While still a student, he gained practical experience at the Atelier of City Architecture, working alongside Professor Milan Stehlik. Later, he joined the Kuba&Pilař architekti studio, becoming an integral part of it upon his graduation. Together with his colleagues he successfully participated in many competitions and collaborated on various interesting construction projects. In 2010 he joined the studio Fandament architects in Brno, swiftly advancing to the role of chief architect. Upon relocating to Prague in 2011, he briefly collaborated with the design studio Helika, contributing to significant construction and urban planning projects. However, he ultimately found enduring professional contentment as a senior architect within the Prodesi/Domesi team, where he has worked for the past 12 years and currently holds the position of senior architect.

Architects Pavel Horák and Václav Zahradníček founded Prodesi studio, which specialises exclusively in wooden buildings, in 2002. Because they like to follow through with what they start, 3 years later they founded the company Domesi, which implements their projects. Together, the two companies assist their clients with every single step of their project, from securing a building permit to handing over the keys to their new house. So far, they have over two hundred completed timber constructions under their belt, not only family houses according to individual designs, but also turnkey wooden buildings and modern public buildings. Prodesi/Domesi projects and implementations are positively received by both the professional and the general public. They have already won several domestic and foreign awards (for instance, 5x Big See Awards in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Wooden Building of the Year 2020 in the category of Modern Buildings for the implementation of a kindergarten in Všetaty, or inclusion among the finalists of the Architizer A+Awards 2022). The architects regularly give lectures about wooden constructions at universities, technical schools, and trade fairs, publish articles on new developments in the field, and organise the annual event Salon dřevostaveb – a unique showcase of modern wooden architecture that presents the best wooden constructions created in the past year.