Architect recognised in the professional community for his expertise in healthcare buildings and long-standing commitment to energy-efficient, low-emission and sustainable architecture, renovation and adaptive reuse. Active member of the Czech Green Building Council.

Architect, educator and passionate advocate of timber as a material for contemporary public and residential architecture. Designer of the experimental Lesovna pavilion for the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. His work focuses on spatial atmosphere and the visual expression of load-bearing structures.

University lecturer and building structures expert specialising in timber construction, building physics and energy certification. He has led several research projects and authored or co-authored numerous professional publications and textbooks.

At the Faculty of Civil Engineering and the University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings, CTU Prague, he focuses on building thermal physics, building energy concepts and sustainable construction.

He is an architect, researcher and Assistant Professor of Architecture, Climate Adaptation and Building Retrofit at Carleton University. His research explores the relationships between forests, timber construction and climate change adaptation through the development of the Forest-Building concept.

His research and teaching focus on fire protection of timber, fire-retardant treatment of wood and wood-based materials, and fire safety of timber buildings.

Architect, educator and timber construction enthusiast who actively applies sustainable architectural design methods and tools. Member of the Presidium of the Association of Slovak Architects.

University lecturer and chartered civil engineer specialising in timber buildings and load-bearing timber structures. Author of several scientific and professional publications and co-designer of several timber buildings. Recipient of the CEZAAR Award in the Single-Family Houses category for a timber building.

Architect and co-founder of Ark-Shelter, a company that has delivered over 400 timber modules across eight European countries in 11 years. He focuses on developing innovative construction methods for modular timber buildings. His work has received awards including the Red Dot Award and CE ZA AR.

Designer and pioneer of passive houses in Slovakia, specialising in sustainable building solutions combining timber and straw, and building physics. CEO of EcoCocon and co-founder of Createrra, an architectural practice that has designed over 200 passive and low-energy houses, including Slovakia’s first certified passive house.

Expert in timber structural design and technical consultancy, specialising in structural connections, fasteners and building envelope performance, including wind and watertightness.

At the Department of Steel and Timber Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, STU Bratislava, he is engaged in teaching, research and industry collaboration, focusing on the design, structural assessment and diagnostics of timber and composite timber-concrete structures.

Architect and university lecturer specialising in contemporary timber architecture, environmental contexts and ecological design principles.

Managing Director of a construction company specialising in film set construction, with projects featured in films such as Perinbaba, Dragonheart, The Last Legion, A Knight’s Tale, Joan of Arc and Uprising.

Expert in the development and application of CLT structures in large-scale commercial and public buildings. He collaborates with Czech and Slovak architects, developers, investors and academia to promote wider use of timber in construction.

Juraj Pečeňanský is Sales Director at Kontrakting, a major player in the market for large-scale timber structures and modern timber buildings.

He works as a structural engineer at Kontrakting. As a chartered engineer, he specialises in the design and structural assessment of timber structures.