Based in Washington, World Watch Institute publishes its annual analysis of the current situation of the world year by year. Studies, reports and data charts are grouped according to prioritized topics to give us an overall picture of the tolerance of ecosystems, the standards of societies with regard to their legal system, culture, lifestyle, economy and ecology.
By philosophy and nature, Jan Kaplický was mainly an architect, but his typical creative touch can be seen in many other artistic disciplines. His buildings are definitely outstanding and controversial; he was often inspired by natural forms – cobwebs, butterfly’s wings, or fish scales. Kaplický received many awards, including the most prestigious British award for architecture…
Although winners of the Balkan war had already built houses in Subotica which were glaring contrasst of their environment because of their scales and forms, the destruction of a theatre is a milestone even so. Everything is possible now if this structure could be pulled down. Besides the cathedral named after St. Theresa it had been the other landmark building…
The tender organized by MAK and departure, a creative agency of Vienna is primarily about the potentials of change in the language of design. The jury announced three winning projects. That of Klaus Stattmann (Büro für Architektur und Forschung) A.R.S.A #1 titled Architecture Saves Austria places a mirror outside the Parliament to reflect the magic „glimpse”…
The personality of a trustee is undoubtedly matched with a strong Japanese presence, as it is also proven by the examples referred to here. The evolution of the dwelling house as the basic unit of the city and personal space was triggered by the Japanese pavillion via the example of Tokyo, which is not by accident. As the trustees of the pavillion admit, the city or more precisely…
BME Department of Urban Design
Mosonmagyaróvár, Workshop 2010
BME Department of Public Building Design
Valkonya, Workshop 2010
Hungarian-born visionary architect and Architect, theoretician, visual artist, an exceptional thinker of the second half of the 20th century, mentor of architects, urbanists and artists – whatever the vantage point, it always seems insufficient to describe Yona Friedman. Grandiose visions of future cities and simple manuals motivating city dwellers of the present…
In the summer of 2010, the Leopold Museum is joining with Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt to mount the most comprehensive exhibition to date on the oeuvre of J. M. Olbrich. This large-scale retrospective is to present around 300 individual works by this architect and universal artist, thereby putting Olbrich’s oeuvre into the aesthetic context of…
Turi Attila. Építészalbum, 2010. 156 p
Text: Imre Makovecz
Csernyus Lőrinc. Serdián Kiadó, 2009. 190 p
Text: György Szegő
József Zelnik: The Great Ritual
Kairosz, 2010
György Szemadám: Book of Wanderers
Írók Szakszervezete, 2009
On the History of the Venice Biennale of Architecture
Aaron Levy and William Menking in conversation with:
Vittorio Gregotti, Paolo Portoghesi, Francesco Dal Co, Hans Hollein, Massimiliano Fuksas, Deyan Sudjic, Kurt W Forster, Richard Burdett, Aaron Betsky, Kazuyo Sejima, Paolo Baratta
From 28 August to 21 November 2010, the Sale del Convitto exhibition centre on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore will host the exhibition entitled The Arts of Piranesi. Architect, etcher, antiquarian, vedutista, designer. Conceived by Michele De Lucchi, the exhibition has been produced by the Giorgio Cini Foundation and Factum Arte.