Europa Nostra Grand Prix (2018), the Reward of Collaboration

The Castle of Bač Text: Éva Lovra Photos: Csilla Dávid In 2018, in the Year of European Cultural Heritage the project meant to protect the architectural heritage of the castle of Bač in Serbia and its environment was awarded the Europa Nostra Grand Prix . The complex representing the tactile best of our versatile cultural […]

Where Should the Chinese Stand?

International Architects’ Conference, Budapest, March 8th, 2019 „Oriental people in the West, western people in the East”, this is the slogan of this year’s International Architects’ Conference, which defines already in its title the fact that despite the globalization of architectural practices, there still exist these two categories on the level of traditional concepts and […]

Anton Lorenz: From Avantgarde to Industry

Vitra Campus, Schaudepot, 22 February – 19 May 2019 Text: Pál Lővei Developed to be almost integrated with Basel in Switzerland, Weil am Rhein in Germany has been made famous by Vitra Design Museum which joins the events of the international Bauhaus 100 by its exhibition presenting the oeuvre of Anton Lorenz designer and entrepreneur […]

The Birth of a City in the Age of Bauhaus

The White City of Tel-Aviv Text: Melinda Bognár Photos: Bauhaus Center, Tel-Aviv The White City, a famous quarter of Tel-Aviv was created by its designers in the early 1900s after the theories of Bauhaus. As of today, this is the place where the largest number of Bauhaus structures have been preserved on one and the […]

The Site of Crossroads, or which roads leads where?

Paraphrases of a Certain Type of Space Text and photos: Anna Szövényi The evolution of a space is happens in the simplest way possible when two roads meet. This situation, however, may change in several ways later on. The topic of this article is to present three different spaces where two roads met and separated […]

The Reconstruction Project of the Synagogue in Kőszeg

Concept and text: Zoltán Deák Situated in the historic core of Kőszeg, the synagogue complex contains the structure formerly housing the school, as well as residential buildings for rabbis, referred to as rabbi houses. The complex containing the synagogue itself and the ancillary buildings was built between 1858 and 1859. None of the original designs […]

Bauhaus100. Abstract Revue

Selected Works from the Estate of Andor Weininger Hungarian National Gallery, 29 March – 28 July 2019 Photos: Hungarian National Gallery To mark the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus and the 120th anniversary of the birth of Andor Weininger, an exhibition organised from the artist’s legacy will open in the Hungarian National Gallery. […]

Critical Care – Architecture for a Broken Planet

ArchitekturZentrum Wien, 25 April – 9 September 2019 Photos: AZWien A planet in crisis. The earth in intensive care. Man-made environmental and social catastrophes are threatening to render the planet uninhabitable. The situation is critical and, dominated by the interests of capital, architecture and urbanism are caught up in the crisis. The exhibition ‘Critical Care’ […]