Interview with the Chairman and the Secretary of the Czech Chamber of Architects, Jan Štípek and Jiří Plos
In 2003, Mr Jan Štípek was reelected Chairman of the Czech Chamber of Architects. UPSD editors were curious about the Chamber's views of physical planning as one of the most important and complex subjects the Chamber is entrusted with. Also present was the Chamber's veteran secretary, Mr Jiří Plos. Apart from official statements, both gentlemen have been expressing their own opinions. Important to say, such comments were regarding many more issues than just the physical planning legislation. Remarkably, the interview had been led before the last modifications to the draft of the Building Act were done, but some of the ideas were then realized in the Act.
Experience of a Canadian Architect; the project of urban braille, or the toilsome life of Canadian planners, by Vladimír Matuš
Mr Matuš is a Canadian architect of Czech ancestors. Thanks to the contacts of the architects Stanislav Toman and Eva Rozehnalová we could obtain a letter from him, describing the Canadian architects' practice as rather different form that the Czechs are familiar with. Considering such information attractive to our readers, with the writer's kind permission we present the letter to our readers.