Neo-Gothic Reconstruction in Hradžin

The Old Prague New Monastery Architect: Václav Hlavaček Text: György Szegő Photos: Tomáš Slavik Designed by the world-famous Slovenian architect Joze Plečnik, the reconstruction of the Hradžin in the 1920s was intended to represent the newborn state. This role as a symbol of national identity was maintained after World War II, and the new Second […]

Cultural Centre Orchestrating a City

Kabóca Puppet Theatre, Art Gallery, Community Space, Veszprém Architects: Zsolt Zsuffa, László Kalmár Text: György Szegő Photos: Marietta Varga Built at the foot of the castle rock in Veszprém, in a landscape setting resembling Tuscany, this complex was completed at the end of 2023, in September, when Veszprém-Balaton was a European Capital of Culture. Although […]

Balance, Monument, Practice

External Renovation of the Reformed Church of Fasor, Budapest Text: Piroska Varga Photos: Grafit Műterem  The restoration of a church seems to be a simple and straightforward task of monument restoration. In such a case, we can usually not talk about a change of functions, missing parts, and the building can be thoroughly explored in […]