Education
| 1983 | Graduation from TU Delft, afd. Construction customers |
| 1971 | Salzburg Seminar of American Studies |
| 1960–1966 | CTU, Faculty of Civil Engineering, field of study architecture and urbanism |
Profesional activity
| 1985–2008 | Registered architect in Rotterdam, NL |
| 1992–1994 | Secretary of CSAF, Organization of symposia "Dutch housing model" in the Czech Republic |
| 1978–1985 | Van den Broek and Bakema, Rotterdam, designer |
| 1970–1978 | Nurseries member SIAL Liberec |
| 1966–1970 | Employee of the Association of Project Studios, Delta Studio |
Academic activity
| 2016 | Doctor honoris causa STUBA, Slovakia |
| 2006–2017 | Member of the Scientific Board of CTU, Scientific and Artistic Board of FA |
| 2012–2017 | Member of the Scientific and Artistic Council of FA STUBA, Slovakia |
Teaching activity
| 2014–2018 | FA CTU - Vice-Dean for International Relations |
| 2010–2017 | FA CTU - Head of the Department of Architectural Design II, garant of the course Ecology I |
| 2010 | Appointed professor, FA CTU |
| 2008 | Appointed associate professor, BUT |
| 2006–2014 | Dean of FA CTU |
| since 2006 | Head of a studio at FA CTU |
| 1981–1997 | Lecturer TU Delft, afd. Bouwkunde, Department of Residential Construction |
| 1980–1997 | Head of the studio and co-investigator of research tasks FA TU Delft, member of the NL research team on IEA research projects - task XIII and task XXIII and implementation of experimental projects |
Selected publications
- HLAVÁČEK, Dalibor, ZAVŘEL, Zdeněk. Teaching a Sustainable Approach on CTU – Faculty of Architecture.. Leuven: EAAE 2011.
- Zavřel, Zdeněk.: Složitá jednoduchost hledání odpovědí v architektonické praxi, VUT Brno, 2009
- Solar Energy Houses of IEA Task 13 The NL Apartment Building in Amstelveen, ISBN 1 873936 37 0
- Česká architektura 1989–1999, České Centrum v Paříži, ISBN 80-902736-0-2
Selected projects and realizations
| 1999–2008 | Embassy building of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana, Accra |
| 2001–2003 | Family house in Podještědí |
| 1994–1997 | Czech Center in Rue Bonaparte, Paris |
| 1985–2005 | Residential and civic buildings in major cities in the Netherlands |
| 1970–1978 | Projects and competitions in the Czech Republic, including the project of the Czech Hut on Sněžka (1975) |
Awards
| 2014 | Honorary member of the Czech Chamber of Architects |
| 2010 | 2nd prize in the competition for the center of Znojmo |
| 1998 | GRAND PRIX ČKA for lifelong work |
| 1978–2000 | A number of awards in local competitions in the Netherlands |
| 1981 | 1. Prize in the European competition of solar architecture |