Relics of the Language, Signs and Inflections

The Sign History of Ildikó Csete and György Csete Text: Géza Balázs Photos: Csete Foundation When it comes to the research into the birth of art and language, we conclude it must be based on natural principles. Humans are natural beings, and they began his cultural (including artistic and linguistic) activity as an outgrowth of […]

György Csete’s Fountain House in Orfű

Text: Bettina Bali Photos: Csete Foundation The Fountain House („Forrásház”) was built between 1970 and 1974 based on the plans by György Csete, with the help of Jenő Dulánszky, a structural engineer. One of its most striking features is the combination of a variety of functions. The underground level of the structure, which used to […]

The Tulip Debate as Reflected in Máté Major’s Legacy

Text: Dániel Kovács Photos: Csete Foundation The Museum Department of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Documentation Centre for Monument Protection preserves the legacy of architect and theoretician Máté Major (1904‒1986) under accession number 2009/994. Born in Baja, Máté Major graduated in 1927 and started his career as a practising architect between the two world […]

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 […]