Prague lacks a concert hall whose parameters meet the requirements of the 21st century. The music halls used today (the Rudolfinum and Municipal House) were built more than 100 years ago.
Prague’s ambition is to be not only a city of historical monuments, but also an inspiring centre of living culture in a national and European context. The new National Music Centre – Vltava Philharmonic Hall – can fulfil this ambition. It will create a new city centre that will attract not only locals, but also visitors from all parts of the country and abroad.
Thanks to an exceptional design by the Danish architectural studio Bjarke Ingels Group, the Vltava Philharmonic Hall will become a new symbol of Prague.
The construction of the Philharmonic Hall will initiate a new urban plan for the Vltavská site and unlock the potential of the currently unused Bubny –Zátory development area. It will initiate the creation of a new urban district for 25,000 inhabitants in the wider centre of Prague.

We want to receive a proposal for a unique philharmonic building called the Vltava Philharmonic Hall, to achieve top-class acoustics in the main concert hall and perfect spatial and visual parameters. The new Philharmonic Hall should provide something fundamentally new and different to what existing Czech concert halls offer.
We want to acquire an extraordinary cultural building, thus creating a centre of cultural and social life that will be a meeting place 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.


We want to receive a proposal for a unique philharmonic building called the Vltava Philharmonic Hall, to achieve top-class acoustics in the main concert hall and perfect spatial and visual parameters. The new Philharmonic Hall should provide something fundamentally new and different to what existing Czech concert halls offer.
We want to obtain a multi-level harmonious public space that connects the metro station, its vestibule, the waterfront and all other urban levels, offers attractive views of the city and integrates all transport routes.


We want the Vltava Philharmonic Hall to become an important part of the wider centre of Prague, to be connected to other historical landmarks and to match the unique topography of Prague.
We want to receive a proposal that will ensure long-term economic sustainability and provide a stimulus for commercial development in a currently dormant area.


We want the Vltava Philharmonic Hall to be inseparably and uniquely connected to the river.









