Opočenský Valouch Architekti

What Opočenský Valouch Architekti does

Opočenský Valouch Architekti (OVA) is a Prague-based architectural design studio operating as ov architekti, s.r.o. (Czech private limited company), founded in 2007 by partners Ing. arch. Jiří Opočenský and Ing. arch. Štěpán Valouch, with partner Ondřej Králík. The firm delivers full-scope architectural services — feasibility studies, schematic design, design development, technical documentation, and construction oversight — across a wide typological range that includes family houses, apartment buildings, office headquarters, sports halls, elementary schools, polyclinics, transit terminals, railway bridges, cable-railway stations, market squares, parks, and heritage reconstructions. OVA's underlying technology is design methodology (urban planning, heritage restoration, sustainable building design) executed via computer-aided design tools and delivered in collaboration with structural, landscape, and railway engineering partners; no proprietary software platform is referenced.

OVA's business model is professional services revenue earned through project fees — typically a percentage of construction cost or a fixed project fee, negotiated per commission. The firm acquires work via three channels: (1) public tenders and open/invited architectural competitions for Czech municipal and government clients, (2) direct commissions from private developers and corporations, and (3) co-authorship with international architecture studios on marquee projects. The studio serves three primary customer segments: Czech public-sector institutions (municipalities, city districts, government agencies such as SŽDC and ÚZSVM), private developers and corporations (Penta Real Estate, Lasvit, Tipsport, RenoEnergie, NOHO), and individual homeowners commissioning bespoke family houses. Fees are quote-driven and project-based with no SaaS or productized offering.

OVA's commercial reputation rests on a strong competition track record — over 25 first-prize wins from 2007 to 2024 — and a 50+ stack of awards and nominations, including the Czech Architecture Award 2020 main prize for the Lasvit Headquarters, a Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 nomination for the Slavonice Clubhouse, the Krkonoše Prize 2022, the Ministry of Culture Prize at the Czech Architecture Award 2024, Interior of the Year 2025, and a Czech Architecture Award 2026 nomination. The studio collaborates as co-author with ALA Architects (Finland, Vltavská filharmonie), Benthem Crouwel Architects (Netherlands, 4th Quadrant of Vítězné náměstí), and a recurring network of Czech and Slovak structural (V-CON, Metroprojekt) and landscape (Terra Florida, Land05, Rehwaldt) partners, enabling it to bid on civic, infrastructure, and urban-scale commissions beyond what a 40-person in-house team could deliver alone.

Name

Opočenský Valouch Architekti

Legal name

ov architekti, s.r.o.

Website

https://ova.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Opočenský Valouch Architekti is a Prague-based architecture studio designing public, commercial, residential, healthcare, and infrastructure projects for Czech municipalities, private developers, and individuals, with 100+ completed works and 50+ awards.

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Headquarters

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Prague

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: OVA generates revenue through the provision of architectural design services — including feasibility studies, schematic design, design development, technical documentation, and construction oversight — billed on a project fee basis. Revenue is earned from public-sector clients (municipalities, cities, government institutions winning competitions), private-sector clients (real estate developers, corporations, individuals), and collaborative co-authorship arrangements with other architecture studios. Fees are typically structured as a percentage of construction cost or a fixed project fee, negotiated per commission. The firm does not operate a SaaS or product-based revenue model.

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Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OVA is a Prague-based architectural studio providing comprehensive architectural design services spanning residential, commercial, public, sport, educational, healthcare, and infrastructure projects. The studio offers full-scope services from feasibility studies and schematic design through technical documentation and construction oversight, plus interior design, urban planning, public space design, and heritage reconstruction, billed on a project fee basis.

Product overview

Opočenský Valouch Architekti (OVA) is a Prague-based architectural studio offering comprehensive architectural design services across multiple project typologies. The firm operates as a single unified studio rather than a platform-plus-modules structure, delivering services through its team of architects and collaborators. Their portfolio encompasses residential projects (family houses, apartment buildings), commercial and office buildings, sports and educational facilities, healthcare architecture, public infrastructure (bridges, cable railways), urban planning, public space design, and building reconstruction/renovation. The studio has been recognized with multiple Czech Architecture Awards and international competition prizes.

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Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Full-scope architectural design services spanning feasibility studies, schematic design, design development, technical documentation, and construction oversight across residential, commercial, public, sport, educational, healthcare, and infrastructure typologies. Delivered to Czech municipalities, government institutions, real estate developers, corporations, and private individuals.
• Interior Design Interior design services for residential, office, and specialized spaces, including the Lasvit Headquarters interior, VIDA School interior, and apartment interiors.
• Urban Planning & Public Space Design Urban design and public space planning projects including market squares, parks, pedestrian bridges, and public infrastructure such as Tržní náměstí in Liberec, Nad Primaskou Park, and the Komenský Bridge in Jaroměř.
• Reconstruction & Heritage Renovation Building reconstruction and renovation services including heritage building restoration, such as the Former Prison Site in Uherské Hradiště, Clubhouse Revitalization in Slavonice (Mies van der Rohe Award nomination), and the Pod Marjánkou Polyclinic reconstruction.
• Healthcare Architecture Specialized architectural design for healthcare facilities, including the Reconstruction and Extension of the Pod Marjánkou Polyclinic (1st prize, 2022) and the Nová Cibulka Homestead hospice design.
• Sport & Education Architecture Architectural design for sports halls and educational institutions, including the Training Sports Hall in Kolín-Borky (1st prize, completed 2021), VIDA Elementary School in Chýně (1st prize, completed 2025), and the School Gym in Pečky.
• Infrastructure & Transportation Architecture Architectural design for public infrastructure projects including the High-Speed Rail Terminal in Praha-Nehvizdy (1st prize, 2020), the Railway Bridges under Vyšehrad, the Komenský Bridge in Jaroměř, the Regional Transport Terminal in Liberec, and the Cable Railway Podbaba–Troja–Bohnice.
• Office & Commercial Architecture Architectural design for office buildings, corporate headquarters, and commercial interiors, including the Lasvit Headquarters in Nový Bor (Czech Architecture Award 2020), the BIT Administrative Building for Tipsport in Beroun, and the RenoEnergie Headquarters in Plzeň.
• Residential Architecture Architectural design for residential complexes, apartment buildings, and accommodation projects, including the Vysočany Residency, Nové Kukleny Neighbourhood in Hradec Králové, Apartment Building Spiral in Humpolec, and the Aparthotel St. Lawrence in Pec pod Sněžkou.
• Family House Design Bespoke architectural design for private family houses and individual residences, including documented projects in Svitavy, Králův Dvůr, Železný Brod, Sušice, Libčice, and Čerčany.

Quantifiable outcome

• OVA won 1st prize in over 25 architectural competitions and public tenders from 2007 to 2024.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Benthem Crouwel Architects (Netherlands)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023OVA collaborated with Dutch studio Benthem Crouwel Architects (BCA) as co-authors on the 4th Quadrant of Vítězné náměstí project — winning 1st prize in an international architectural competition (2023). The project covers over 100,000 m² of urban development in Prague. OVA's Jiří Opočenský, Štěpán Valouch, and Ondřej Králík worked alongside BCA's team led by Pascal Cornips.
• OLGOJ CHORCHOJminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022OVA collaborated with OLGOJ CHORCHOJ (a Czech industrial design studio) on the Cable Railway Podbaba – Troja – Bohnice project (2nd prize, 2022). The partnership combined OVA's architectural design with OLGOJ CHORCHOJ's industrial design expertise for the cable car stations.
• ALA Architects (Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022OVA partnered with Finnish studio ALA Architects as co-authors on the Vltavská filharmonie (Vltava Philharmonic Hall) project — an invited international architectural competition (2022) for a major new cultural building in Prague. OVA team members Štěpán Valouch, Jiří Opočenský, and Ondřej Králík participated as co-authors alongside the ALA team led by Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, and Samuli Woolston.
• M1 architektiminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022OVA participated as design contributor on the Waltrovka Elementary School project (case study, 2022), where M1 architekti led the masterplan for the new Waltrovka district. OVA contributed architectural design for the school building within M1's urban framework.
• Terra Florida (landscape architecture)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022OVA frequently collaborates with landscape architecture studio Terra Florida on public space, urban, and residential projects. Notable collaborations include the Nové Kukleny Neighbourhood (Hradec Králové, 2021) and the Revitalization of the Park and Square in Krakov (2016).
• Jan Sulzer (landscape architecture)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022OVA collaborated with landscape architect Jan Sulzer on the Reconstruction of the Former Prison Site (1st prize, 2022) and the School Campus Studentská (3rd prize, 2023), providing landscape design for memorial and civic spaces.
• V-CONcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021OVA collaborates with V-CON (represented by Jan Blažek) as a strategic co-development partner on railway infrastructure projects. The partnership was notably featured in the Railway Bridges under Vyšehrad project (competitive dialogue 2021), where V-CON provided structural engineering for the new bridge design. The collaboration combines OVA's architectural vision with V-CON's structural expertise.
• Land05 (landscape architecture)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021OVA collaborates regularly with landscape studio Land05 (Martina Forejtová) on projects including the School Gym in Pečky (2022), Nová Cibulka Homestead (2022), and VIDA Elementary School (interior, 2021).
• REHWA Land05 Landscape ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021OVA collaborated with Rehwaldt Landscape Architects on the Reconstruction of the Pod Marjánkou Polyclinic (1st prize, 2022), with landscape architects Eliška Černá and Richard Labanc providing landscape design for the new healthcare facility's exterior and atrium spaces.
• GutGut (Slovakia)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019OVA collaborated with Slovak studio GutGut (led by Lukáš Kordík and Štefan Polakovič) as co-authors on the Nové centrum Žižkova project — an international invited architectural competition (2019). The project proposed a housing complex structured as a 'super-block' integrating traditional Žižkov urban block patterns.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ALA Architects: ALA Architects is a Finnish architecture studio that partnered with OVA as co-authors on the Vltava Philharmonic Hall (2022). Similar in scale and competition-driven practice model, focused on cultural, civic, and transport architecture.
• Jakub Cigler Architekti: Jakub Cigler Architekti (JCA) is a Prague-based architecture studio operating at a similar scale to OVA, with comparable typology range including offices, public buildings, and residential. A direct competitor in Czech architectural competitions.
• A69 architekti: A69 architekti is a Prague-based architecture studio of comparable size and scope to OVA, working across residential, public, and commercial projects in the Czech Republic. Both firms compete in the same Czech architectural competition market for civic and developer commissions.
• Studio Perspektiv: Studio Perspektiv is a Czech architecture office competing in the same mid-size market for public and commercial commissions. Similar scope across civic, residential, and commercial buildings in the Czech Republic.
• Benthem Crouwel Architects: Benthem Crouwel Architects is a Dutch mid-size architecture studio with which OVA has co-authored competitions (4th Quadrant Vítězné náměstí, 1st prize 2023). They are a comparable scale practice with civic, transport, and cultural typology breadth.
• Knesl + Kynčl Architects: Knesl + Kynčl is a Prague-based architectural studio with a comparable typology range (public buildings, schools, residential, urban) and similar competition-driven business model. The two firms are direct competitors in Czech public tenders and developer commissions.
• Atelier 8000: Atelier 8000 is a Czech architecture studio based outside Prague, comparable in scale, with a strong competition and public-sector track record across schools, civic, and residential projects. Direct competitor in regional Czech municipal tenders.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Snøhetta is a larger international architecture practice with overlapping civic, cultural, and public-realm typologies. It competes in invited international competitions alongside OVA but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects is a global architecture practice that competes in the high-prestige cultural and infrastructure competition space that OVA targets through its international collaborations. Far larger in scale and resources.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): BIG is a global architecture firm that competes in the same international invited competitions (e.g., Vltavská filharmonie category) and operates in cultural, civic, and mixed-use typologies — but at vastly larger scale and with a productized brand approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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