Institut Plánování a Rozvoje Prahy

What Institut Plánování a Rozvoje Prahy does

Institut plánování a rozvoje hlavního města Prahy (IPR Praha) is a contributory organization (příspěvková organizace) of the City of Prague, established in its current form in 2013 with an institutional lineage tracing back to the 1920 Státní regulační komise. It serves as Prague's sole official conceptual planning office for architecture, urbanism, territorial development, and city management, producing strategic, urbanistic, and territorial development documents, representing the city in territorial proceedings, and providing planning expertise to the Prague City Council, the Prague City Assembly, Prague City Hall, and all 57 city districts (městské části). The organization is governed and funded through the City of Prague's municipal budget.

IPR's core product portfolio centers on a comprehensive spatial data infrastructure: the Geoportal Praha (geoportalpraha.cz) aggregating spatial data, map applications, and open data; the Digital Technical Map (DTM) at 1:500 scale; a 3D model of Prague's full 496 km² territory; the Územně analytické podklady (ÚAP) territorial analytical documents; the JESSUS economic data system; and the Open Data Praha portal. Its flagship regulatory product is the Metropolitan Plan (Metropolitní plán), approved by the Prague City Assembly in May 2026 to replace the 1999 territorial plan. Public-facing assets include the CAMP (Centrum architektury a městského plánování) physical engagement center and the IPR Publishing House. Distribution is direct and institutional rather than commercial: planning documents flow to city bodies through institutional channels, spatial data is released via open-data portals, and publications are sold through the CAMP bookstore and external retailers.

The revenue model is municipal-budget funding, supplemented by external grants (notably Norwegian Funds and EU programs such as Interreg Europe SUP4SUD, SMART Cities, Urban Heat Island, and UrbanAdapt) and by publication sales at the CAMP bookstore. IPR's primary customers are functionally intra-governmental: the City of Prague and its 57 districts form the core stakeholder base, with secondary stakeholders being Prague citizens (via CAMP and public consultations), and external users (urban planners, architects, and developers accessing the Geoportal and Open Data platforms). No commercial pricing model applies to the core public mandate.

Name

Institut Plánování a Rozvoje Prahy

Legal name

Institut plánování a rozvoje hlavního města Prahy

Website

https://iprpraha.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

IPR Praha is the City of Prague's official conceptual planning office, producing urban planning documents, territorial analytics, and the new Metropolitan Plan for the City of Prague, its 57 districts, and citizens. It maintains Prague's central spatial data infrastructure, including the Geoportal, 3D model, and Digital Technical Map, and is funded by the municipal budget.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Prague

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

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B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Budget Funding: IPR Praha is a contributory organization established by the City of Prague (hlavní město Praha). Its primary funding comes from the municipal budget of Prague. The organization processes strategic, urbanistic, and territorial development documents and represents Prague in territorial proceedings.

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Core offering

IPR Praha is the official conceptual planning office of the City of Prague, producing strategic, urban planning, and territorial development documents; representing the city in territorial proceedings; and managing comprehensive spatial data infrastructure (Geoportal, 3D model, Digital Technical Map, Open Data). It also operates the CAMP public engagement center for citizen participation and an in-house publishing house producing books on Prague's urban development.

Product overview

Institut Plánování a Rozvoje Prahy (IPR Praha) is Prague's primary conceptual institute for architecture, urbanism, development, and city management. Rather than a traditional product company, IPR operates as a government-funded urban planning organization that develops and maintains a portfolio of digital tools, data platforms, and planning documentation. The core offerings include the Geoportál data portal, the 3D Prague model, the Digital Technical Map, and the new Metropolitan Plan (Metropolitní plán). Supporting applications include spatial analytics tools (ÚAP), open data platforms, environmental atlases, and the CAMP (Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning) public engagement center. The organization also runs a publishing division producing books on Prague's urban development. These tools and platforms work together to support Prague's spatial planning, data collection, public participation, and strategic development processes.

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Brands

• CAMP (Centrum architektury a městského plánování): Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning — an open institution for public discussion about Prague's future development, featuring exhibitions, discussions, lectures, and a bookstore.

Products and services

• Geoportál (Geoportal Praha) Comprehensive web portal providing all spatial data, map applications, and map services related to Prague's territory. Includes open data downloads, the 'Mapa on-line' application for searching topics such as population, air quality, price maps, and cycling routes, plus specialized applications for spatial planning drawings, digital technical map, Prague history, environment atlas, and city district catalog. Used by urban planners, developers, researchers, and the public.
• Územně analytické podklady (ÚAP) Regularly updated set of information on the territorial condition of Prague covering urbanism, transport, technical equipment, land use, environmental hygiene, nature protection, economics, and other topics. Serves as the primary basis for spatial planning documentation and the Metropolitan Plan.
• 3D model Prahy Detailed 3D model of Prague's entire territory, available as both a photorealistic mesh model and separate models for buildings, terrain, and vegetation. Users can view Prague from all angles and filter buildings by floor count, land use, ownership category, or public administration.
• Digitální technická mapa Prahy a Středočeského kraje (DTM) Digital Technical Map of Prague and Central Bohemian Region at 1:500 scale, the fundamental mapping product describing Prague's territory. Consolidates 3D data defining physical objects of the positional plan and technical infrastructure networks. Data is provided as open data or through an electronic distribution module.
• Metropolitní plán (Metropolitan Plan) Prague's new spatial/zoning plan for the 21st century, determining where development is permitted or prohibited, where parks should be created, where new roads will run, and how each part of the city should transform. More readable and flexible than the 1999 plan, providing clear rules for future development. Intended to serve Prague's development needs until at least 2050.
• Centrum architektury a městského plánování (CAMP) Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning. Its mission is to improve public debate on Prague's development and educate the public on architecture and urban planning. Hosts exhibitions, discussions, lectures, and serves as a physical location for citizens to learn about planned changes in the city. Includes a bookstore selling IPR publications.
• Open Data Praha City-wide portal for open data of the capital city of Prague, where the Prague City Hall, contributed organizations, city districts, and other related entities publish data in machine-readable formats.
• Praha v evropském kontextu Comparative analysis application showing how Prague compares to other European capitals in areas such as employment, wages, housing affordability, universities, transportation, and lifestyle.
• JESSUS Information and analytical system for economic data collection and analysis for Prague and its surroundings, expanding existing capabilities for gathering economic data and increasing accuracy of its use.
• Časoprostorové chování uživatelů (Mobile Operator Spatiotemporal Data) Map application enabling exploration and analysis of territories through data derived from mobile phone operations, examining spatiotemporal user behavior to describe actual land use patterns.
• Atlas územně analytických podkladů Atlas of Spatial Analytical Documents providing detailed and continuously updated information on the state of Prague's territory, showing values and limits of areas, development intentions, and problems to be solved.
• Atlas životního prostředí (Environment Atlas) Application aggregating all main map information on the state of Prague's environment, thematically divided into areas of air, landscape, water, noise, geology, and waste.
• IPR Publishing House IPR's publishing division producing 3–4 books annually on Prague's architecture, urban planning, and city development topics including urban housing, city structures, experimental approaches to heritage conservation, and planning history. Books are sold at the CAMP bookstore and through external retailers such as Kosmas.cz.

Quantifiable outcome

• Prague housing stock of 630,000 apartments, 85% in residential buildings, with 5,000–6,000 new apartments completed annually
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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 November 2017IPR Praha organized an international workshop under the auspices of Prague's Mayor and Deputy Mayor with OECD experts on 'Land Use Governance in OECD Countries: Report on Prague.' The workshop engaged over 50 participants from state administration, the Central Bohemian Region, Prague City Hall, city districts, developers, civic associations, and the professional public. OECD experts shared findings and recommendations for Prague's spatial planning and land use governance.
• Amsterdam City Planning DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresentatives from Amsterdam's City Planning and Sustainability Department participated in the OECD workshop organized by IPR Praha, sharing experiences on land use governance and urban planning best practices.
• Israeli Planning AuthorityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresentatives from the Israeli Planning Authority participated in the OECD workshop organized by IPR Praha, contributing international perspectives on spatial planning and land use governance.
• Interreg Europe (SUP4SUD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPR participates in the Interreg Europe program project 'Strategic Urban Planning For Sustainable Development' (SUP4SUD), which focuses on integrating socially and ecologically sustainable development into the strategic planning of European cities.
• European SMART Cities InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPR participates in the SMART Cities European initiative, addressing how cities can maximize efficiency in managing limited resources while stimulating sustainable development through smart city approaches.
• Urban Heat Island ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Urban Heat Island (UHI) project focuses on urban solutions for monitoring, modeling, and addressing increasingly frequent extreme high temperatures in Central European urban agglomerations and associated air pollution.
• UrbanAdapt ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrbanAdapt focuses on developing climate change adaptation strategies in urban conditions using ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation.
• Prague Organizations (TSK, Dopravní podnik, Pražské služby, Operátor ICT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPR cooperates with Prague's municipal organizations including Technical Road Administration (TSK), Transit Company (Dopravní podnik), Prague Services (Pražské služby), and ICT Operator (Operátor ICT), as well as many other city organizations that are part of Prague's municipal ecosystem.
• 57 Prague City Districts (Městské části)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPR cooperates with all 57 Prague city districts, providing expert planning materials and participating in their development processes. Each district has designated urban planners within IPR who serve as points of contact for specific territories.
• ČVUT (Czech Technical University)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerČVUT collaborated with IPR on the 'Density and Urban Economics' research project and grant supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, producing a certified methodology for urban density planning.
• Pavel Hnilička ArchitektiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPavel Hnilička Architekti collaborated with IPR and ČVUT on the 'Density and Urban Economics' research project, developing methodologies for comparing urban density and infrastructure costs.
• Pražské kreativní centrumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished in 2017 under IPR Praha and funded by Prague City Hall, the Prague Creative Centre functions as a living and creative laboratory connecting active residents, NGOs, and the private sector with public sector representatives.

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Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with major urban planning, design, and engineering practices serving cities worldwide. Comparable to IPR Praha for its urban planning capabilities, though AECOM operates commercially across many municipalities while IPR serves a single city under a statutory mandate.
• Jacobs: Global professional services firm with urban planning, design, and infrastructure capabilities across cities and regions. Comparable to IPR Praha for the breadth of urban planning and infrastructure services provided to municipal and governmental clients.
• Arup: Global engineering, planning, and design consultancy with significant urban planning and city-shaping practice. Comparable to IPR Praha for strategic urban planning and master planning work, though operating as a private consultancy across multiple geographies.
• WSP: International planning and engineering consultancy with urban planning and place-making capabilities. Comparable to IPR Praha for urban planning expertise, though WSP is a private firm serving multiple clients and markets.

Direct peers

• Foster + Partners: Architecture and urbanism practice with extensive master planning for cities and districts worldwide. Comparable to IPR Praha for conceptual urban planning and large-scale master planning work on metropolitan-scale developments.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Architecture and urban design practice with significant urban planning projects at the metropolitan scale. Comparable to IPR Praha for conceptual urban planning and master planning that integrates architecture, infrastructure, and public space.
• MVRDV: Architecture and urbanism practice with strong urban planning portfolio across European cities. Comparable to IPR Praha for strategic urban planning, master planning, and data-driven urban design work.
• Sasaki: International planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm with deep city and campus planning practice. Comparable to IPR Praha's urban planning, master planning, and territorial analytical work.
• Snøhetta: Architecture and urbanism firm with city planning, public space, and landscape projects. Comparable to IPR Praha for master planning, urban design, and public space management that integrates architecture with city-scale thinking.

Others

• Esri: GIS software provider whose ArcGIS technology underpins many municipal spatial data platforms. Comparable to IPR Praha as an enabling technology provider for the Geoportal, Digital Technical Map, and spatial analytics stack.

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