The aim of this bachelor project is to design a new building for the Municipal Art Gallery in Litomyšl, Czech Republic. Currently, the institution seats in one of the narrow, old town houses at the historic Smetanovo square. The building was originally bulit for a different purpose and therefore provides with unsuitable exhibition conditions and lack of exhibition space. After a detailed analysis of the Litomyšl town and its urban structure, the work defined a suitable site for the art gallery in the historic town center. In the author´s opinion, the town such as Litomyšl does not need any monumental nor too pompous art gallery and therefore the proposed scheme is adapted to the scale of the surroundings with respect to its cultural importa...