The Czech National Library of Technology stands at Technická 6 in Dejvice, Prague. Roman Brychta, Adam Halíř, Ondřej Hofmeister and Petr Lešek of Projektil Architekti won a competition in 2000. Construction began in 2006 and ended in January 2009, and it opened on September 9, 2009. The article names no style and no owner, though the Ministry of Education approved the work.
The facade is glass, and almost every interior surface, including the columns, is exposed concrete, with bold colored flooring. A skylit atrium anchors the plan. Its graphic design follows a technical schoolbook concept.
The library grew from books owned by Christian Willenberg, and it dates to 1718. It holds about 1.18 million items and moved from the Clementinum after 2009. Its director called it a high-tech living room for students. The article gives no hours.
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