In February, the Council of the Community of Architects nominated four architects for awards presented by the International Union of Architects (UIA). One of these architects was Prof. Ing. Vladimír Šlapeta, who was nominated by the Council for the Jean Tschumi Award for architectural writing and criticism.

Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta is currently considered one of the leading historians of architecture. He is also recognised for his extraordinary contributions as a teacher and dean of the Faculty of Architecture at CTU in Prague and BUT in Brno, as well as for his publishing activities and exhibition organisation. He was also vice-rector of CTU in Prague, from which he graduated. During the normalisation period, he was unable to publish under his name, but his publications were very popular abroad. It was only after the Velvet Revolution that he became recognised in his home country as well.

The Danish architect Anne Beim also received the Jean Tschumi Award.

Oleg Haman, the president of the Council of the Community of Architects, commented on the award: 

'I am very pleased that we managed to secure an award for one of the four nominations submitted to the International Union of Architects. The Council of the Community of Architects selected and nominated excellent architects who operate on an international scale. All four nominees deserved the award, but we know that it is chosen from nominations sent in from all over the world, so the competition is fierce. I am even more pleased that the award was won by Prof. Ing. arch. Vladimír Šlapeta, whom I would like to congratulate.'

The International Union of Architects (UIA) has awarded the prize every three years since 1967 to recognise outstanding contributions to architectural criticism, research and education, in memory of the UIA's first president, Jean Tschumi. This year's announcement will be made at the World Congress in Copenhagen at the beginning of July.