Heatherwick Studio has been appointed to a regeneration project in the centre of Prague, the practice’s first scheme in the Czech Republic.

The project involves creating 15,000sq m of retail and office space set in gardens next to historic Wenceslas Square, scene of the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and some of the most significant events arising from the Prague Spring in 1968.

The Savarin development, for Czech firm Crestyl, will tie together several heritage buildings by creating organic connections with the surrounding district and through the site which is bounded by three main streets in addition to Wenceslas Square.

…