Until a short while ago, the use of visual concrete in buildings was the exception rather than the rule, and this was not limited to the Czech Republic. These days, however, architects, designers and artists are increasingly turning to this material due to its versatile workability useful for boundless creativity. ZAPA has become a leading brand in the visual concrete market in the Czech Republic as evidenced by the long list of projects made with its products throughout the country. One of the most interesting works undertaken by the company was in Prague from sculptur Roman Týc, who created three 5-meter high parallelepipeds which are scattered with shoes incorporated during the pouring of the concrete and arranged at specific points. ZAPA has also worked on other original projects, such as the “denticulated” facade of a wine cellar in southern Moravia and the 2nd World War victims memorial in Dolní Počernice.

Other works have been truly challenging, such as the Karlov hotel in Benešov due to the huge quantities of colored concrete that had to be delivered over a span of two years, or the creation of a bar counter made of red self-compacting concrete mixed with polypropylene fibers in the Mala Strana district of Prague, which was a particularly problematic task both during the production and transport phases as well as the pumping operations.