The Vision of a Village

Culture Barn, Nemesgörzsöny Architect: Ákos Csécsei Text: János Géczi Photos: Zsolt Frikker Knowing his previous works, we may be sure that architect Ákos Csécsei is a professional with a European attitude but the actual proof of his commitment to the continent was first manifested so successfully in the culture barn in Nemesgörzsöny, a mountaineous building […]

Past Rendered Transparent

A Cannon Foundry, Sárospatak – ICOMOS Award 2015 Architects: István Mányi, Gábor Kardos Text: Rita Tuczai Photos: László Váradi, Eszter Kuzsmiczki Designed by Mányi Stúdió, the pavilion now completed functions as a protective structure which received ICOMOS prize in the spring of 2015: it was primarily meant to protect the remains and reconstructions of the […]

Mies van der Rohe Award 2015

Winners and Finalists Text: Edit Pálinkás The prize named after Mies van der Rohe is the most prestigious architectural award in Europe. It has been awarded for over 25 years for large-scale realised architectural projects the quality and cultural significance of which made them excelling examples of modern urban development. The winner of the Mies […]

Museum for a Museum

ICHOT – Gate of Poznan Architects: Arkadiusz Emerla, Maciej Wojda, Piotr Jagiełłowicz, Wojtek Kasinowicz Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Mariusz Lis, Maciej Lulko, Wojciech Krynski ICHOT was built in the most historical part of Poznan, the Island of Ostrow Tumski, where the Polish statehood and Christianity have their origins. It is not a museum, there are […]

The Kitchen and its Furniture

Hofmobiliendepot, VIenna, 4 March 2015 – 26 July 2015 The modern fitted kitchen with standard cabinet units, a running water supply and built-in electrical appliances did not emerge until the twentieth century. However, the history of kitchen furniture and equipment goes back much further. For millennia people cooked on open fires, and a single kitchen […]