Silence as a Concept of Architectural Space

Contemplative Spaces in Church Architecture Today II Text: Vilmos Katona The essay is the second and ending part of an extended study based on the presentation of Vilmos Katona at the 9th Conference of Sacred Architecture and Interior Design taking place in Budapest in 2015, as an event of Ars Sacra Festival. The lead issue […]

Continuous Present

On the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Society of Urbanistics Text: Imre Körmendy The Hungarian Society of Urbanistics (MUT) was founded fifty years ago. Throughout its history, it has always been a genuine union of representatives of our profession who co-operate and think together. During its existence of five decades, MUT has evolved into a […]

Henszlmann Imre Prize 2015

Salutation to Hap Galéria and Barnabás Winkler The Hungarian Association of Archeology and Art History launched the award named after Imre Heinszlmann in 1989 to recognize achievements of individuals and institutions supporting the case of archeology, art history, applied arts and the protection of historic monuments and buildings in Hungary. At the end of 2015 […]

Roundabout Nyárád

Conference on the Cross-Border Protection of Historic Buildings, Organized by the Teleki Foundation, 2016 Text and photos: Gábor Nagy As a rule now every May the Teleki Foundation held its local conference on the cross-border protection of historic buildings sponsored and assisted by Hungary taking several days. This article below maps and surveys the historic […]

Socialist Modernism in Serbia

The architectural image of titoism Text: Éva Lovra The official art of Yugoslavia in the latter half of the 20th century blended the neutral quality of late-Modernism reaching far beyond politics with a strong ideology of power which was matched and went hand in hand with the simultaneous evolution of Yugoslavism and and Titoism. Tito’s […]

Action-like Architectural Interventions

Anylisis of raumlaborberlin Pneumatic Projects Text: Gergely Hory The primary goal of this study is to analyse the construction strategies and structural solutions of contemporary and temporary action-like architectural interventions typically implemented in public places as well as to compare them with their historic prototypes and sources of inspiration. It is a highly varied and […]