The subject of the project was the comprehensive restoration of a listed historical building - the Prelature, which is part of the Želiv Monastery National Monument. The intention was to rehabilitate the building by removing inappropriate modern building deposits. The aim was to restore the authenticity of the historical structures. As the building had been unused for more than 10 years and the previous tenants had vacated the house, it was necessary to carry out a complete reconstruction of the building. Thanks to the works carried out, the building has been restored and is now used as an exhibition space for the monastery's collections. Part of the building is used for the presentation of the monastery's archaeology. The reconstruction has ensured that the building is accessible to the public.

The building of the prelature is a Baroque building. The dimensions of the building are 31.05 m x 14.955 m. It is a one-storey building, which is partially underground.
The reconstruction project respects the existing spatial and structural design and the architectural quality of the existing building. Because of the preservation of the interiors on the first floor and because of their distinctive atmosphere, the approach to the reconstruction was chosen to be as subtle as possible, using the method of simply 'dusting off' the monument and not disturbing the charming atmosphere of the staircase area and the first floor. The term 'dusting off' is a bit of an exaggeration, but it expresses the approach of simply cleaning the building of all the modern inappropriate structural alterations and accretions.
It was to reinforce the feeling of a return to an irreversible time, when on this site we will be able to feel intensely the atmosphere of the former rectory, the municipal school and the atmosphere of the gendarme station and the apartments of the warden, the superintendent, the sous-chef or the drillmaster.
On the ground floor, the damaged vaults in the west wing have been structurally secured. The window openings to the rooms in the west wing and the doorway between the halls in the east wing were restored. An architecturally and structurally inappropriately situated partition dividing the south exhibition hall and a similarly inappropriately situated partition in the west wing were demolished. The heraclite tiles in the south hall were demolished and the modern steel-framed door to the exhibition hall from the corridor was removed.
The upstairs is a permanent exhibition space, for this reason daylighting was added. The modern partition and bricked up door and window openings have been demolished, the windows in the west elevation will be enlarged to their original size.
Concrete tiles will be added in the stairwell to replace the ceramic tiles of the 1990s. The existing plank floors have been retained. In the rooms above the damaged vaults, the plank floors will be dismantled and replaced with new plank floors after the vaults have been restored. Missing fabions were added, including moulded stucco trimmings, and were bricked up and plastered. Cracks in the walls were repaired. Good quality doors and windows were retained and repaired in detail/damaged parts, handles, fittings. The modern solid steel framed doors have been replaced with contemporary.