Reserved Palce on a Waste Land

The Reconstruction and Extension of St. Andrew’s Castle, Bölcske Architect: Sándor Dévényi Text: Miklós Sulyok Photos: Tibor Zsitva The choice of the estate, the enterprise itself, the way of taking the castle and its surroundings into possession is actually an act of keeping and preserving a piece of Hungary. Although the castle is not a […]

In Palladio’s Wake

The Reconstruction of Vásárhelyi-Bréda Castle in Lőkösháza Architect: János Kmetykó Text: György Koczor Photos: János Kmetykó, Péter Hegedűs Vásárhelyi-Bréda castle was built by the deputy bailiff of Arad county around 1806 after an Italian example, namely Villa Capra La Rotonda in Vicenza. The castle was traumatized twice during its history, the first one being the […]

Three Long Furrows

Antinori Winery, Florence Architects: Archea Associati Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Pietro Savorelli This year Antinori Winery was awarded Mies van der Rohe Prize as besides the technological expertise it has raised the standards of experience offered by contemporary wineries to guests well above average. Bargino is situated in the district of Florence along the road […]

Milan Wears a Golden Prada

The Centre of Fondazione Prada, Milan Architect: Rem Koolhaas Text: Pál Lővei Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Fondazione Prada, the art foundation of the fashion company Prada focusses on collecting mostly art works dating from the latter half of the 20th century, whilst also paying attention to Renaissance. The Foundation inaugurated ts exhibition centre in Milan just […]

…and the idea takes shape…

Albert Schickedanz, Builder of the Műcsarnok Kunsthalle (Műcsarnok), 5 September – 18 October 2015 The Műcsarnok and the Millennium Memorial were the joint concept of Albert Schickedanz and sculptor György Zala (whose exhibition is currently running at the Műcsarnok). Both projects were completed by 1896 for the events celebrating the millennium of the Magyars’ arrival […]

Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851

Expo Milano 2015 9 April – 20 November 2015 Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851 is an exhibition curated by Germano Celant, held at the Triennale in Milan from April 9 to November 1, 2015 Under the architectural direction of Studio Italo Rota, visitors have the opportunity to immerse themselves physically in a spectacular route […]

Prometheusz a színházban

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Marti Guixé: Ex-designer

Lecture at MOME – Design Week 2015 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest, Auditorium, 1 October 2015, 15.00 For designer / artist Marti Guixé design is a dialogue between user and function, form and content. Most of his projects are not complete without the interaction of the end user: we may add to his […]

Tapas

Spanish Design for Food Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 6 August – 4 October 2015 TAPAS, organized by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), with the collaboration of the Museum of Applied Arts, the Embassy of Spain and the Instituto Cervantes of Budapest provides a rich panorama of the most recent Spanish design as applied to cuisine. […]