Building on the Past, Designing the Future
📅 Date: 13 November 2025
📍 Venue: Ball Game Hall (Míčovna), Prague Castle, Prague
Online: ACE youtube channel
🕘 Time: 9:00 – 16:00
European countries are experiencing a housing crisis, characterised by a shortage of affordable housing, a loss in quality of new constructions as well as a poor quality of a significant number of existing dwellings. In less than 10 years, between 2015 and 2023, house prices in the EU rose on average by almost 50% .
The European Union has elevated housing to the top of its political agenda, marking a significant shift in both ambition and approach. For the first time, the European Commission has appointed a dedicated Commissioner for Energy and Housing, responsible for developing the first-ever European Affordable Housing Plan, as well as a European Strategy for Housing Construction.
In that context, the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE), in partnership with the Czech Chamber of Architects (ČKA), is organising a public conference on 13 November 2025.
The conference will provide a timely opportunity to reflect on how architects and urban planners can contribute to shaping more affordable, sustainable, and quality homes for all Europeans.
Read the programme here.
Discover the speakers here.
WATCH THE CONFERENCE LIVE_ CONNECTING DETAILS
The event will be livestreamed with simultaneous interpretation available.
YouTube ACE → bit.ly/4qp1EMe
YouTube ČKA → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHV_HMWI51I
🇫🇷 will be available via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84509528267?pwd=3YzDKA1naxaDJ2oVAPHWNILXaqnj4E.1
Meeting ID: 845 0952 8267
Passcode: cka2025
This event is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
Collateral event –
The ACE EU-funded project ARV is holding a workshop on 12 November
ARV Workshop – Architects as Facilitators of the Energy Transition
12 November, 10:00–13:00 | Kampus Hybernská, Building E.1 – Hall, Praha 1
Organised by CVUT & ACE | Language of the event: Czech | Special participation: Petr Lešek (ČKA).
For more information or to register here.
