Towards an Integral History of Post-War Architecture in Europe Eds. Ákos Moravánszky – Torsten Lange – Judith Hopfengärtner – Karl R. Kegler: East West Central. Re-Building Europe 1950–1990. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag 2017, 3 volume) Text: Béla Kerékgyártó What was the link between the western and eastern halves of Europe which had been divided according to […]
Metaphors in Architecture and Urbanism. An Introduction Edited by Andri Gerber, Brent Patterson, Transcript Verlag, 2013 Text: Dániel Veress The book reviewed below is a gap-filler publication which we had waited for long. It is easy to see that metaphors are present everywhere in architecture (as well), and their presence is of course even more […]
Or how a painter’s canvas turns into a universal building component Text: Vilmos Katona The international trend of art born in 1946 which was planted in South America in the wake of the Russian avantgarde of a generation of artists such as Malevich, Kandinsky, Tatlin and Lisicky had already made firm steps towards the novelty […]
EXPO 2017, Astana, 10 June – 10 September 2017 Text and photos: Pál Lővei It is a unique experience to stand by a huge sphere but it is not a less impressive spectacle from a distance either: designed by the Chicago-based Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill the sphere pavilion has been the most powerful attraction […]
Study Tour of the Architectural Doctoral School in Norway Text: Eszter Baku In 2016 the Faculty of Architecture of BME successfully applied for the EGT Norwegian Fund to a project meant to establish cooperation between institutions. The primary goal was ont he one hand to build up new international relations, firstly with the Trondheim-based (Norway) […]
Architectural History Conference, 2017 Text: Zsuzsanna Ordasi On September 16th, a conference surveying a most significant chapter of 20th-century architectural history was held at No. 19/b Munkácsy Street in Schiffer Mansion, organised by Anikó Dvorszky and Zsuzsanna Ordasi. The lecturers commemorated architect József Vágó and entrepreneur Miksa (Mihály) Schiffer as both of the outstanding individuals […]
MÉSZ-MÉK Diploma Award, 2017 Design: Júlia Aleksić Consultant: Bea Molnár The topic of this diploma design was the responsibility of designers and consumers in the 21st century, and more precisely, that of gastronomy and the gastro-revolution. The essence of the concept is a restaurant functioning as a closed chain, in which the most significant component […]
MÉSZ–MÉK Diploma Award, 2017 Design: László Rentka Consultant: Béla Pazár Székesfehérvár is a city with the authorities and rights of a county. The project described here is a site north of the Inner City, in the Upper City, and the structures are parts of a complex of historic buildings in Sörház – the remains of […]
Curator: Adolf STILLER Academic advisors: Zoltán FEHÉRVÁRI, András HADIK Opened by Pál LŐVEI (art historian) The Architektur im Ringturm exhibition series after 2014 once again focuses on Hungary’s architectural diversity. The exhibition turns the spotlight on the Hungarian architectural scene during the period often referred to as “the long 60s”. Architecturally speaking, the long 60s […]
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150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna MAK, Vienna, 15 December 2017 – 15 April 2018 In 1867 the School of Arts and Crafts was established at the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry (today’s MAK) to enable Austrian arts and crafts to compete internationally. This school is the antecedent institution […]