Collective Intellectual Commemoration

Ghetto Memorial on Klauzál Square Architects: Levente Szabó, Balázs Biri, László Rátgéber Text: György Szegő Photos: Balázs Biri The ghetto memorial in the centrally positioned square in District VII in Budapest was designed by Hetedik Műterem (Seventh Studio). It reflects in a 21st-century style on the tragic events of the last surviving ghetto in Europe, […]

Neo-Gothic Reconstruction in Hradžin

The Old Prague New Monastery Architect: Václav Hlavaček Text: György Szegő Photos: Tomáš Slavik Designed by the world-famous Slovenian architect Joze Plečnik, the reconstruction of the Hradžin in the 1920s was intended to represent the newborn state. This role as a symbol of national identity was maintained after World War II, and the new Second […]

Cultural Centre Orchestrating a City

Kabóca Puppet Theatre, Art Gallery, Community Space, Veszprém Architects: Zsolt Zsuffa, László Kalmár Text: György Szegő Photos: Marietta Varga Built at the foot of the castle rock in Veszprém, in a landscape setting resembling Tuscany, this complex was completed at the end of 2023, in September, when Veszprém-Balaton was a European Capital of Culture. Although […]