Complexity and Contradiction in Organic Architecture

György Csete’s Approach to Organic Architecture and Technical Innovation Text: Zuh Deodáth Photos: Csete Foundation The oeuvre of György Csete is one of the best examples of how organic architecture can create an artistic whole with strong effects in its human environment, starting from diverse and often seemingly contradictory sources. However, the most productive effects […]

Walls woven from mushrooms

Biobuilding material for sustainable architecture Text: Bálint Botzheim The underground part of the fungus, the mycelium, is made up of a multitude of fungal filaments. A characteristic of mushroom growth is that the richer the medium in which it grows, the more densely the fungal filaments interweave. Mushrooms have many good properties as a building […]