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IPR Prague’s Public Space Manual marks 10 years of improving the city’s streets and squares. It has been translated into 3 languages and is collecting European awards.

Safe, accessible, and pleasant—these are the qualities a public space should have. In June, the Prague Public Space Manual celebrated 10 years of helping Prague achieve these goals and it continues to garner success internationally. The manual has been translated into…
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Prague is preparing a digital map of construction work to minimize the impact of traffic disruptions in the city.

The Prague City Council has tasked the Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR Prague) with the preparation of a mapping application that will provide information on planned repairs and construction that will impact traffic in the city. The goal is to create…
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The number of foreigners in Prague continues to rise, with the majority coming from Eastern Europe. They play a crucial role in the city's workforce.

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How does Prague compare to other European cities? Great public transport, lots of cars, and abundant job opportunities.

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The number of Airbnb apartments in Prague is on the rise. An amendment to the Trade Licensing Act will allow the city to regulate the platform.

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The new Prague Geoportal brings revolutionary changes in the provision of geographic data. It also offers a digital twin of the city.

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Danish architects to transform Prague's main railway station into Št'astný Hlavák (“Happy Hlavák”).

The Metropolitan Plan for Prague

Beginning in the 1930s, the idea that the city needs to be divided into work, housing and recreational zones, with inhabitants making their way between them via complementary transport zones prevailed. Soon, however, these original four functions were no longer fit for purpose, and the zones began to fragment into smaller and smaller areas in the land use plans. We have gotten to the point where there are over ninety different types of areas in the current plan.  The existing plan is also inflexible and no longer addresses the needs of the city: between 2000 and 2012 alone, 2,060 amendments to the land use plan were discussed. The new Metropolitan Plan for Prague is an attempt to remedy this situation by returning to traditional urban planning, where the city is structured primarily according to a set plan. The new plan also includes regulations limiting the number of possible alterations.

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Geoportal

The Geoportal is a basic web portal for viewing maps and looking up information about the territory of Prague. The Geoportal offers a great many maps, ranging in scope from the current zoning plan to the city’s cycle paths. With apps such as “Prague Maps” and “Online Map”, anyone can run searches on topics as diverse as population, air quality and price mapping.

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Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP)

The core mandate of the Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP) is to improve the public debate on Prague’s development, and to inform and educate the public about architecture and city planning.

Go to CAMP!