The Pardubice Architectural Manual (PARAM) is a Czech-English database—combining scholarly and popular content—of the most notable architectural and artistic structures, building complexes, and public spaces created in the city from 1882 to the present. It serves as an important promotional and educational tool for the statutory city of Pardubice, with academic oversight provided by the East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice.
The project builds on already successful databases in other Czech and Moravian cities, particularly the pioneering Brno Architectural Manual (BAM) project. Other similar projects include PAM in Plzeň (pam.plzne.cz), Litomyšl—LAM (lam.litomysl.cz), Hradec Králové—KAM (kam.hradcekralove.cz), Zlín—ZAM (zlin.zam.eu), Jihlava—JAM (jam.jihlava.cz), and Jičín—AM.Jicin (am.jicin.cz).
PARAM is a professionally compiled, clearly structured, and user-friendly database of the city’s modern architecture. It combines high-quality expert content with accessible language, a proven presentation format, and advanced filtering options. As a result, it serves as an accessible and easy-to-understand encyclopedia intended not only for experts and students but also for the general public, local residents, and visitors to the city with an interest in architecture and urban planning.
An integral part of the project will be accompanying programs prepared in collaboration with partners, such as the Pardubice Tourist Information Center. These activities—guided tours, lectures, and educational programs—will introduce modern architecture to the general public and foster a deeper understanding of the city.
Since its inception in 2026, the Pardubice Architectural Manual has become part of a network of similar databases from other Czech and Moravian cities, now united under the nationwide platform Architectural Manual https://www.architektonickymanual.cz/. Pardubice’s modern architecture has thus gained a sustainable and effective tool for its systematic presentation and promotion.
The East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice
The initiator and expert guarantor of the project is the East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice, a cultural and memory institution functioning as a museum within the meaning of Act No. 122/2000 Coll., on the Protection of Museum Collections, as amended. The museum has long focused its activities on the systematic presentation and promotion of high-quality urban architecture. It manages a rich collection, conducts both regular and guided tours focused on modern architecture, and organizes thematic events, architectural lecture series, and exhibitions. In 2024, it published The Path to a Modern City: Pardubice 1882–1945, which assesses the significance and quality of local architecture. This was followed by extensive research mapping life in Pardubice’s housing estates, the results of which were presented in the publication Life in a Housing Estate (2025).
Project Funding
The project is funded from the budget of the City of Pardubice.
Creative Team
Project Manager / Jana Fiedlerová
Production and Project Collaboration / Matěj Bekera, email: bekera@vcm.cz
Project Preparation / Matěj Bekera, Jana Fiedlerová, Jaromír Flegr, Tomáš Libánek, Pavel Liška, Klára Zářecká
Expert Guarantor / Jan Ivanega, email: ivanega@vcm.cz
Texts / Matěj Bekera (MB), Jan Ivanega (JI), Eliška Jedličková (EJ), Tamara Kubečková (TK), Matej Pancurák (MP), Kateřina Stündlová (KS)
Photographs / Luděk Vojtěchovský
Database and Website / Via Aurea, s. r. o.
Map Data / Google API
Text Editing / Matěj Bekera, Jan Ivanega
English Translation / DeepL Translator
Collaboration on Locating Archival Visual Material / Vladimír Zlinský (Archive of the Pardubice City Hall Building Authority), Ladislav Hloušek (State Regional Archive in Hradec Králové, State District Archive in Pardubice)
Additional collaboration /
Collaboration / the Statutory City of Pardubice, Gočár Gallery, Pardubice Tourist Information Center, East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice
