A Detached Family House in Szentendre Architect: Péter Borbás Text: Krisztián Dudics Photos: László Beliczay Sitting on the slope of Szamárhegy on a narrow strip of land wedged between two zigzagging streets, there had been a small dilapidated house when Péter Borbás and his family bought the lot to build their own home. Szentendre and […]
Aktuális lapszám
Stay on the Ground – Let your Mind Rise
Architectural Contest for Athenaeum, Philadelphia, 2014, 3rd prize Concept and text: Dániel Palotai Libraries of the future would have to fulfil variable needs of locals offering indoor and outdoor spaces to education, recreation and community projects. These institutions would connect everyday life activities as a place between home and work, especially in the case of […]
Conservation in the region of the River Dráva
The First Stage of the Reconstruction of Calvinist Churches Architects, text and photos: Dániel Rabb, Péter Rabb The project of reconstructing the Calvinist church started in 2011. This was the time when it turned out that the conditions of these churches badly deteriorated and were damaged by insects to such an extent that their wooden […]
The Promised Land
Silesia Museum, Katowice Archtiects: Florian Riegler, Roger Riewe Text: György Szegő Photos: Riegler Riewe Architekten Founded in 1924 as a project of European cooperation, the Silesia Museum enlivened and moved in the ruins of the area formerly occupied by heavy industry. The model it was built after was the region-scale revitalisation concept which gave a […]
Gyökerek és ágak
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Ways to Modernism
Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, and Their Impact MAK, Vienna, 17 December 2014 – 19 April 2015 The exhibition presents a contrasting selection of works from two pioneers of Modernism, complete with historical background and examples of their impact extending up to the present day. Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) and Adolf Loos (1870–1933) were the most important […]
Frames of Color – The Emergence of the Polychromatic City
Lechner in Paris Text: Barry Bergdoll Ödön Lechner’s highly original corpus of work in the 1890s and opening years of the twentieth century is so associated with the notion of Secessionist departure from tradition and with the folk art infused art nouveau practices of other designers – like Antonio Gaudi in Catalonia or Lars Sonck […]
Ödön Lechner, the Architect of the Modernization Period
National Style in Europe Text: Ilona Sármány-Parsons The attempts made by Ödön Lechner to create a genuinely Hungarian architectural style has been the topic of heated theoretical debates for over a century now. It encourages each generation to try to realize Lechner’s dream from time to time, but in turn, these efforts tend to generate […]
The Generation of Vagabonds
Organic Architecture Today Text: László Kuli After the death of Imre Makovecz, it seemed necessary to survey and assess to what extent his oeuvre influenced contemporary Hungarian architecture, where his influence is traceable, and which individual buildings may be associated with the organic concept. Apropos of this, many architects are mentioned who may not have […]
Architecture in the Hagenbund
Pragmatic Modernism – In-Between Avantgarde and Mainstream Text: Matthias Boeckl The „architecture of the Hagenbund” represents a field of activities on the margins of avantgarde and beyond which regularly supplied standard architecture with the essences of Modernist ideas. AS it was widely accepted it used to have more significant influence that the spectacular expressions of […]
Hungarians in the Network of Hagenbund in Vienna (1900–1938)
The Charm of the “Other Modernism” Text: Éva Bajkay The central museum of Austrian art, the Belvedere devoted an exhibition of new perspectives at the end of to the association of artists named after Josef Hagen innkeeper, the short name of which is Hagenbund. It was not the works of the members but the network […]
Skyward
Highrise City Frankfurt DAM, Frankfurt, 8 November 2014 – 19 April 2015 How and why did Frankfurt rise to such architectural heights? The exhibition explores this question and offers an overview of the history of the city’s high-rises. It starts with post-war reconstruction via the battle over houses in the Westend district, through to the […]