This book is like an architect’s open notebook, the pages of which provide a record of the past fourteen years of Palekas Architects’ Studio (PAS): ideas realised, opportunities unfulfilled, and never-ending learning.

This is the second PAS publication, containing project visions, essays by Rolandas Palekas on the contemporary city and the architect, and conversations between former PAS collaborators and the studio’s current partners, allowing the reader to catch a glimpse behind the scenes of this studio which has become a school for many. Or, as Matas Šiupšinskas, a former PAS collaborator, writes in his foreword to this book: the forge of damned idealists.

Today, Palekas Architects’ Studio (PAS), founded in 2000, is known as one of the most creatively capable architectural collectives in Lithuania. Their works are distinguished by an uncluttered creative style and by their attention to space and void. Architect Rolandas Palekas, the founder of the studio, has been awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts.
The studio’s partners are Bartas Puzonas, Dalia Zakaitė-Uogintė, and Alma Palekienė. Nearly 40 Lithuanian and foreign architects have worked at the studio over the course of its development. The team in its various compositions has won numerous prizes in Lithuanian and international architectural competitions.