ABOUT
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foto Rusnė Balčytytė
Gintaras BALČYTIS, architect
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1980–1985 Architecture education in Vilnius Civil Engineering Institute, Faculty of Architecture
1985–1991 Planing Institute „Žemprojektas“ in Kaunas, architect
since 1993 Architecture office „Dviejų Grupė“, founding partner, chief architect
since 2008 Kaunas University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, assoc.professor
since 2013 Founder of Kaunas Architecture Festival (KAFe), organizer and currator of KAF2013, KAFe2016, KAFe2019, KAFe2022
AWARDS
Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts (2020)
Lithuanian Government’s Prize for Culture and Art (2018)
Ministry of Environment Award for the best building of the year (2018)
Title ‘The Most Memorable Artist in Kaunas’ (2018)
Title ‘Architect of the Year’ / Pilotas.lt (2017)
Lithuanian Architecture Exhibition “Introspection” awards METRE 1/5:
Vilkaviškis Bus Station(2020), Military baracks in Šančiai (2003)
EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe award nominations:
Vilkaviškis Bus Station (2021), Kaunas Bus Station (2019), Vila in Kačerginė (2013)
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PRESS & MEDIA
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- PRINT MAGAZINE / HARD COPY
Japan-Lithuania event EAST-EAST 5, EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, Sept. 2022. Kaunas, LITHUANIA
INHERITAGE, SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY , Spring 2022. TAIWAN.
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HINGE MAGAZINE #288, July/August, 2021. HONG KONG.
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370 #101, April 2021. Kaunas, LITHUANIA
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ARCHITEKTUR FACHMAGAZIN 05, July/August, 2021. AUSTRIA.
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RIBA Journal magazine’s Products in Practice (PiP), May / Jun, 2021. London, UK.
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INTERIORS 04 / 2021 (415). Seul, KOREA.
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ARCHIFORMA. Lithuanian Architecture Review. 2020 No.1-2
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ARCHIFORMA. Lithuanian Architecture Review. 2017 No.1-2
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INTROSPECTION 2020. Lithuanian Contemporary Architecture. Selection of the projects.
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INTROSPECTION 2018. Lithuanian Contemporary Architecture. Selection of the projects.
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INTROSPECTION 2016. Lithuanian Contemporary Architecture. Selection of the projects.
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Lithuanian Architecture Exhibition HOUSES LT, 2010. Catalogue of the Exhibition.
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METALOCUS Magazine / 27 July 2021. Madrid, SPAIN
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ARCHITEKTUR Fachmagazin / 2021-07-26. AUSTRIA
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The RIBA Journal / 21 June 2021. London, UK
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YiMagazine – DREAMLABO / 2021-03-31. Tokyo, JAPAN / Shanghai, CHINA
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THE GUARDIAN. Design news for February / 2021. London, UK
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ICON Magazine / 2021-02-16. London. UK
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OCTOGON architecture&design / 2021-02-27. Budapest, HUNGARY
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WHITEMAD Magazine / 2021-02-11. Poznan,Warsaw, POLAND
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DESIGNBOOM / 2021-02-10. London, UK
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ARCHDAILY / 2021-02-08.
DEZEEN / 2012-01-09, UK