Exhibition Opening: MORE IS NOW! New Czech Architecture

Friday, September 18, 2026, 19 Uhr
vorab 16-18 Uhr Projektvorstellungen

Presented on the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026, with the Czech Republic as the Guest of Honour, the contemporary Czech architecture exhibition at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum showcases innovative projects by young architects from the so-called millennial generation. It offers a unique opportunity to introduce the relatively unknown young Czech architectural scene to the German public. It builds upon the legacy of the Villa Tugendhat in Brno, 1928–1930, designed by Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe and Lilly Reich in their forties, as an iconic building of modernism. The exhibition includes 28 award-winning architectural projects, mainly located in regions outside of Prague, thereby encouraging a multi-local approach to exploring the Czech Republic. The exhibition is curated by Helena Huber-Doudová from the National Gallery Prague.
The project aims to highlight and celebrate contemporaryCzech architecture in Germany and historic German architecture in Czechia. Striving for international visibility and outreach, it connects Czech, German, and international partners.

Speakers
PETER CACHOLA SCHMAL, Director Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)
SIMONE BÜHLER, Head of the Guest of Honour Programme at the Frankfurt Book Fair MARTIN KRAFL, Program Director for the Czech Republic’s appearance as Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair, “Czechia 2026”
SUSANNE SEHLBACH, Managing Director Deutsch-Tschechischer Zukunftsfonds OLGA KOTKOVÁ, General Director, Nationalgalerie Prag National Gallery Prague HELENA HUBER-DOUDOVÁ, Curator of the Collection of Architecture, National Gallery Prague
VIKTOR ODSTRČILÍK, Board Member Tschechische Architektenkammer Czech Chamber of Architects

Poetry-Slam „Czeching the Space“, ANNA BEATA HÁBLOVÁ
(Writer & Architect, Czechia 2026 Guest of Honour

September 19, 2026, 12 a.m., Guided curators tour with
HELENA HUBER-DOUDOVÁ and PETER CACHOLA SCHMAL
October 26, 2026, 7 p.m., Catalogue Launch & Talk

The More is Now! project is co-organised by the National Gallery
Prague and Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM and is supported by the Deutsch-Tschechischer Zukunftsfonds \ Česko-německý fond budoucnosti.