Text: János Gerle
Szalagház, helyszínrajz
I would like to especially focus on a unique feature of Zalotay’s architecture. Possessing an extraordinary clarity, sense of purpose and toughness when phrasing the theory of his concept or projects its macrostructure, the …
Instictiviy and consciousness in Zalotay’s architecture
Text: György Szegő
Zalotay-ház, Ziegelried, Fotó: Lugosi Lugo László
Zalotay’s architecture represents a special type and quality: he is able to draw attention to the cosmic meaning of architecture even without the mythical …
Text: János Gerle
Zalotay-ház, Ziegelried, Fotó: Nagy Bálint
In 2002 a French broadcasting company shot a film about buildings of certain European countries selected by themselves. Switzerland would have been represented by the house designed by Elemér Zalotay, but …
Text: Gábor U. Nagy
Szputnyikmegfigyelő állomás, Szombathely, 1968, 1973, Fotó: U. Nagy Gábor
Meeting the local observatory for earth satellites in Szombathely moved me so deeply that I looked up its designs in the archives of Vasiterv. I came …
Text: Péter Mújdricza
Zalotay Elemér: A Margitszigeti Park ellenpólusa, 1995, Reprodukció: Hajdú József
Relying upon Le Corbusier and the arche-socialist Charles Fourier, Zalotay’s argument was so crystallized, clear and simple that it could not be reacted to anyway. Not …
Enquiries on Architectural Phenomenology
Text: Sándor Sólymos
Szputnyikmegfigyelő-állomás, Szombathely, 1968, 1973
Elemér Zalotay was born on 30th of October, 1932 in Szentes. He graduated from the Budapest Technical University in 1957. In 1962 he presented his concept of the …
Text: Gábor Czeiner
Zalotay Elemér: Gyűrűház, Szombathely, 1968, Reprodukció: Hajdú József
You had already been a famous individual – should I not say, infamous back in those days – behind your back because of the Russian manufactories of prefab …
Text: Samu Szemerey
Szalagház, lakóegység, 1960-as évek eleje, reprodukció: Hajdú József
Necessity as a designing programme describes the history of architecture in the modern age as a shadow. The shape and direction of this shadow kept changing with the …