ELI Beamlines, located in Dolní Břežany , south of Prague, Czech Republic, is an international research and technology facility for high-powered laser experimentation.

Funded by The European Commission, ELI Beamlines is the first laser research infrastructure involving scientists from the global research community and is recognised as one of the European Union’s most significant research projects.

Won in international competition, the design by Bogle Architects has been conceived as a research campus within a landscaped setting and consists of four separate buildings, accommodating offices, laboratories, a multifunctional space with lecture theatre and a café and the principal element - a massive concrete ‘box’, comparable in size to a football pitch, housing the laser hall itself. A lightweight roof floats over the atrium or ‘heart’ of the building, with louvres providing shade during the summer whilst allowing sun to penetrate and heat the atrium during the winter.

ELI Beamlines has received the following awards:

• Czech Building of the Year 2014 - Architecture Week Prague Award - Architectural project of the year 2014

• MIPIM Awards - Best Industrial and Logistics Development - Winner 2016

• Grand Prix of Society of Czech Architects - Award in category New building

• Central Bohemia Building of the Year 2016 - Shortlisted for the main award

• Central Bohemia Building of the Year 2016 - Award for technical design of building structure 

• Czech Building of the Year 2016  - Shortlisted for the main award

• Czech Building of the Year 2016 - Award of Ministery for Industry and Commerce

• Association for Real Estate Market Development - Award for Excellence 2016