Architecture studio Atelier38 has converted a former furniture store in Olomouc, Czech Republic, into a broadcast centre arranged around a light-filled atrium. 
Atelier38 refurbished the building, which was built in 1911, to give it the necessary technical and acoustic fixtures needed for a modern radio broadcaster.
The original building dates from the early 20th century
The Czech Radio broadcast centre occupies a narrow plot in the middle of Olomouc and is characterised by its exposed reinforced concrete frame and long skylight window that can both be seen in the cavernous central atrium that spans four storeys.
Throughout the 20th century, the building remained a furniture store, but the skylight was closed off with mineral wool to keep the building insulated. The atrium's pitched skylight floods the interior with natural light
The studio reopened this central atrium and made it the heart of the building. It added additions that highlighted the existing concrete structure to avoid detracting from the original fabric of the building.
"We tried hard to preserve the visible supporting structure and not to destroy the integrity and sculptural quality of the central space," said Atelier38.
Original balustrades line the walkways and that span the void in the atrium
A monochromatic scheme was chosen for both the circulatory and private areas to unite the interior ? regardless of function and era ? and highlight the building's unique original structural details.
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