The Architecture Manual (AM) is a universal online database of modern architecture that links existing Architecture Manuals, which were created, like the AM, according to the unified methodology of the Brno Architecture Manual. The interconnection enables searches according to specified criteria (for example, by individual architects) across all manuals or thematically focused trails responding to current events. The main goal of AM is to facilitate the involvement of smaller municipalities and to include regions and areas in the database. AM aims to create a broad, interconnected network of municipalities and other stakeholders in which architectural and cultural heritage is mediated and responds to current stimuli. AM's ambition is to spread the idea and methodology of the Architecture Manual to other cities in Europe and worldwide.
The AM project aims to become a lively and sought-after platform for communicating architectural history to the domestic and international public. It targets in particular the inhabitants of the towns and villages that are part of the database as well as tourists, for whom AM is an attractive tool for learning about a given locality and conveying its architectural heritage and history. The AM project is not only a popularization but also a documentation tool. Thanks to the targeted collection of contemporary and historical image material, it becomes a valuable archival resource. AM will publish and systematize often poorly available archival materials from museum and archival collections, thus becoming an important starting point for the professional public and students in the field of (modern) architectural history. At the same time, the AM will take new photographic documentation of the current state of the buildings, which will one day also become an important archival resource. The Architecture Manual (AM) platform is a project of the Faculty of Architecture of Brno University of Technology created according to the methodology and original IT solution Brno Architecture Manual (BAM, bam.brno.cz).
AM team
- Mgr. Rostislav Koryčánek, AM project guarantor, BAM creator, architectural historian, FA BUT
- Mgr. Lucie Valdhansová, professional guarantor of AM and BAM, curator of the Department of Architectural History, Brno City Museum
- Mgr. Michal Konečný, Ph.D., author of AM texts, co-author of TAM, historian and art historian, FA and FAST BUT, NPÚ
- Ing. Gabriela Juriga FA BUT, project manager
- MgA. Karel Poneš, photography
- Ing. arch. Zuzana Sankotová Morávková, PR and Social Networks
- Bernd Magar, german translation
- Mgr. Jolana Tluková, PhD., english translation
- Visual side of the project: Studio Pixle
- Technical solution: Via Aurea, s.r.o.
The main partner is Brno Architecture Manual and Brno House of Arts
www.bam.brno.cz and other arch. manuals that AM connects:
- www.amop.cz AMOP Architecture Manual of the Přerov District (AMOP in Czech) a Za Krásnou Olomouc,z.s.
- www.am.jicin.cz Jičín Architecture Manual JAM and Jičín Association for Architecture and Urbanism
- www.jam.jihlava.cz Jihlava Architecture Manual JAM and Brána Jihlavy, p.o.,
- www.kam.hradeckralove.cz Královohradecký architektonický manuál and Kontrapunkt, z.s,
- www.lam.litomysl.cz Litomyšl Architecture Manual LAM and Litomyšl Municipal Gallery
- www.tamtisnov.cz Tišnov Architecture Manual TAM and Tišnov Municipal Cultural Centre
- www.opam.opava.eu Opava Architecture Manual OPAM and Opava Cultural Organisation,
- www.zam.zlin.eu ZAM Zlín Architecture Manual and aArchitektura spolek, z.s.
- www.umeleckepamatky.udu.cas.cz Art monuments Architecture Manual of Prague UMAM of Prague and Institute of Art History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
The project was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Culture of the National Plan for the Restoration of the No. 0343/2023 - Development of digitisation, documentation and information activities in the field of visual arts and architecture. The project 0343000001 is funded by the European Union, Next Generation EU, implemented within the framework of the National Renewal Plan.
Contact
Mgr. Mgr. Rostislav Koryčánek AM project guarantor korycanek.r@vutbr.cz
Mgr. Lucie Valdhansová expert guarantor of the AM and BAM project valdhansova.l@vutbr.cz
Ing. Gabriela Juriga Project Manager juriga.g@vutbr.cz