EXTENDING ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

XTEND Design is architecture and design company focused on interdisciplinary projects for both Earth and space. Company was founded by Tomas Rousek and Veronika Rousek Rabas first in London and then in Prague. Our team has experience with creating designs for clients on 5 continents from Los Angeles to Tokyo. Clients of team members include NASA, European Science Foundation and major brands such as Shell, Vodafone mobile, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff. Our designs were presented in 19 exhibitions in Europe and America and won several awards and prizes. The research activities focus mainly on space architecture, sustainable design and green infrastructure.

TOM ROUSEK
VERONIKA ROUSEK RABAS
MAREK DOMINIK PAVELEC
SILVIE TALACKOVA
JAN GRYGEREK

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Awards

NASA Group Achievement Award for participating in HDU mission

1st place – collaboration with DOT Architects – international competition Leonardo 2007 –

Best young European architects, Category Monumental Architecture

20after20 exhibition – Selection of 20 most interesting young architects after revolution in Czech republic

Competitions

1st prize in international architecture competition – bungalows for Bella Pais 5-star hotel resort in Cyprus 2005 – not built

Finalist of “DuPont: Skin of Corian” competition – Vodafone NeoCortex project in Milan 2006

2nd place, CZECH TOP 100 competition – Best annual report of building company – Subterra, 2007

3rd place in Sappi competition Stockholm for callendar of Subterra – future visions of Prague, 2006

2nd place, Roosevelt Residence architecture competition, Prague

Selected as a “Talent of the week – Tomas Rousek, Architect of the future” in MF Dnes journal

Winners of design competition – Baileys, Bushmills, Selezione Casillo, Subterra etc.

Exhibitions

co-organizer of Futura Pragensis:

Design Exchange Gallery, Toronto, CAD 2007

CASA Vertigo, Eindhoven, NL 2008

National Gallery Prague – Trade Fair Palace, CZ 2005

NoD gallery Prague, CZ 2005

National Technical Museum Kosice, SK 2006

Galerie Veza, Bratislava, SK 2006

participant:

Designers, Makers, Users: 3D Printing the Future, MODA – MUSEUM OF DESIGN ATLANTA, USA, 2015

20 after 20, Galerie Jaroslava Frangera, Prague, CZ, 2009

New Face of Prague, Galerie Jaroslava Frangera, Prague, CZ

New Face of Prague, Sokolov, CZ 2012

Berlin, Hamburg…

Everything began in Prague at the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University. We started a non-profit organization called Futura Pragensis made up of a team of 30 enthusiastic young architects and designers from Prague, London and other cities. We created many designs and scenarios of development for the future and we have presented our work in more than 12 exhibitions in galleries in Europe and Canada. First Futura Pragensis in Trade Fair Palace became the most visited exhibition of National Gallery Prague and was prolongated twice. Then we continued to other cities with support of Czech Centres and our great sponsors (Michael Tippin, Subterra, Modra Pyramida Mortgage Bank and others). We created a Virtual Reality System based on the Half-life 2 engine for presenting our visions in DX Toronto.