# Project Profile: Iconik Apartments, Prague

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2024-03-24

architecture, boysplaynice, development, dual-aspect-apartment, edit, housing, iconik-apartments, infill-housing, mid-rise-building, parking-elevator, prague, single-exit, single-egress

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Today, let's take a look at the Iconik Apartments in Prague.

Completed in 2023 and designed by [edit!](https://editarchitects.com/en/projects/residential/iconik/), this mid-rise project is split into two distinct volumes -- a 9-story one and an 8-story one. This was done to respond to both the surrounding context and the way that the parcels were divided on the site prior to redevelopment. In total, [the building is 5,433 m2](https://www.archdaily.com/1014826/iconik-apartments-edit-architects) and has 48 apartments.

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There are 3 levels of below-grade parking, which are accessed via a single parking elevator (pictured above). Based on the one example parking plan provided (which has 13 spaces), I'm guessing the project has somewhere around ~39 total parking spaces (13 x 3). This is a higher parking ratio (39/48 = 0.81) than I would have expected for what looks to be a central and urban location.

The color of the traffic coating in the garage is nice, though.

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The lobby is simple. It contains one elevator and one staircase running up the building. I like how prominent and accessible they made the latter. It encourages you to take the stairs if you live on one of the lower floors.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c3419c197866ca6132f800ee1bcda2d2.jpg)

Above is what one of these lower floors might look like. There are two dual-aspect apartments on either end of the plate, meaning they have windows facing both the street and the rear courtyard. There are also a handful of studio apartments facing this same courtyard.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ac56b5119829f5e7cbe296b1ba038f4b.jpg)

Finally, above is what the outdoor spaces look like for the penthouses at the top. The clear heights appear a little low, but presumably they were working to an overall building height.

I like studying this scale of project because it is a housing type that we should be building more of in our cities. So it is helpful to see how others are doing it. In the case, there are a number of obvious takeaways: no onerous loading/servicing requirements on the ground floor, a single parking elevator in lieu of a space-consumptive ramp (though less parking would would be even more ideal), and a single means of egress throughout the building.

If you're looking to build at this scale, these are good places to start.

_Drawings/Photos:_ [_edit!_](https://editarchitects.com/en/projects/residential/iconik/) _and_ [_BoysPlayNice_](https://www.boysplaynice.com)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/project-profile-iconik-apartments,-prague)*