If you have eve been to the Czech Embassy in Washington DC, you know that it needs some work. In fact, the Czech government thinks it needs way too much work, therefore it is better to just level it with the ground and start over. The following pictures are early digital images of what is waiting for us in the near future. Actually, I should not say ‘in the near future’, since the actual building process is supposed to start in 2014, so who knows when it is going to be done.
As you can see from the second image, the embassy will be shaped into the letter ‘Y’ and the actual cost will be around 580 million Czech Crowns. The smart architects took advantage of the uneven terrain and one part of the building will have only a single story,while the administrative part of the embassy will have 4 floors. That’s certainly a new look!
The current Czech Embassy in Washington DC
CZ: Ceska vlada tuto stredu schvalila plan na stavbu noveho velvyslanectvi v USA (Washigton DC). Jestli jste tam nekdy byli,
tak moc dobre vite, ze jakasi rekonstrukce nynejsi budovy opravdu nutna je. Ale zdemolovat ji a postavit budovu uplne novou, to je opravdu radikalni rozhodnuti!
Naplanovana budova ma by ve tvaru pismene ‘Y’, v jehoz ‘noze’ boudou reprezentacni prostory a v ramenech pak kancelare administrativy. Zajimave je, ze architekti vyuzili zvlneneho terenu a zatimco reprezentacni cast bude jednopodlazni, cast pro kancelare bude ctyrpodlazni.
Ministerstvo odhaduje, ze celkove naklady na projekt budou kolem 580 milionu korun a chce na to ziskat penize z prodeje sveho nemoviteho majetku v Cechach i zahranici. Zahajeni stavby se tudiz planuje az na rok 2014.
Uz se tesime!
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Krasny projekt! Ale jestli se 580 milionu nedalo vyuzit lip to radsi neresim…
No prave! Myslim, ze opraveni strechy a nove fasady by tu siutaci vyresilo…
Me to neboli, nejsou to moje penize
Love your site — a little bit of everything! Can you offer some insight to renting a car for 2-3 days. I will be in Praha for the Sokol Slet; but will be travelling to my grandmother’s town in Moravia — Trebenice.
I definitely need an automatic, but I was told they are scarce in CZ. If I can’t get an automatic, I can’t go. There are people in the town that have been very helpful with finding my roots and I want to personally meet them. What advice do you have?
Hi I know how you feel I also cannot drive manual shift. Don’t know about car rental in Czech (I am sure there are plenty of them, with cars that have automatic shift) but the public transportation is always a choice. Just ask her to find you a bus/train connection from Prague to Trebenice
Trains are not an option for a couple reasons — I will be travelling on the two holidays — July 5 & 6 and am told the trains don’t run as often. Plus I need to be on my own schedule both coming and going. Trains don’t run directly to Trebenice; I would have to change trains 3x. There are a number of rental companies on the internet and I just wonder if anyone can recommend a quality company. Also concerned where I will have to go to pick up the car — do they deliver to hotel? I’m staying in Mala Strana while in Prague. There will be one, possibly two other people driving with me.
I have another question: Since I will be visiting with people I have never met before, but who have helped me find ancestry in Trebenice Moravia, what would be a good way to say thank you? Can I bring them gifts from the US? What would be appropriate? Should I give them a thank you card with money? Would that be insulting? If not, how much is appropriate? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Hi Georgi,
I asked my friend and Prague does have AVIS there and other international car rental companies. As far as gift from the US I think giving them money would make them feel poor/weird. I would just bring a box of Sees candies and then take them out for a nice dinner.
Thank you for the advice. I would also feel “weird” giving money. What is Sees candies? I’m not familiar with what I think is a brand name. Someone also suggested U.S. dried cranberries and canned nuts as a special gift since they are not readily available or as good as produced in U.S.
You know what? I got an idea that will make it easy for you! I will make a poll very soon on Czechmate Diary that asks exactly that question. Then you pick the winner answer 🙂
Terrific! Thank you very much!
I love reading this site and trying the different recipes. Today I am attempting a dumpling recipe using a Czech bread that came out as somewhat of a disaster when I decided to try it in my bread machine. I think the recipe was too large and it exploded all over the inside of my bread machine but the bottom part was still salvageable.
I would also like to see what is written in Czech. Sometimes I use the Google Translator but I have to switch in between pages. Have you ever considered adding a translator to this page for those of us who have no confidence in trying to learn the language?
Thank you for the time you put into it anyway. Either way, it is an awesome place to learn about my heritage. Well done!
Anyone on this site know of a newspaper written in Czech that reports on happenings in the US? I would like to get a subscription for a friend in the Czech Republic.
Hi Georgia,
that’s a good question – I have no idea :(. Anyone else?
How about Czech newspaper on-line? They always have a category on world/US news.
Hi Carol, the google translator does not work very good. I will try to put the recipes there in Czech as well if I have enough time. Be sure to check out the dumpling recipes in the comment section, there is at least a bunch of them!
And what would be the name of the newspaper online?
Yes, for instance http://www.ceskenoviny.cz, under ‘severni Amerika’ which means ‘northern America’:
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/svet/severni_amerika/