The Reconstruction of Esterházy Castle, Pápa Architect: Judit Bernadett Kaló Text:Tamás Fejérdy Photos: Tibor Zsitva Arriving at Esterházy Castle, a protected historic monument in Pápa, one is impressed by the neat well-kept environment first of all. On entering the cour d’honneur wedged in between the two lateral wings reaching forward, we are overwhelmed by a […]
Folyóirat
Infrastructure to Serve Culture
Plzeň – Europe Cultural Capital 2015 Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Vojtěch Auibrecht, Libor Sváček Infrastructural investments and developments play key roles in the project of European Cultural Capitals. Just like in the case of many ECC cities, this statement holds true for Plzeň where the majority of programmes are based on such developments. Thanks to […]
Added Value
Czech Architectural Award 2015 Text: László Mikó The Association of Czech Architects awarded its most prestigious prize, the Czech Architectural Award for the 22nd time in May this year. Publishing the call for this professional recognition year by year, there are seven categories listed below in which projects realized in the Czech Republic can be […]
HOT TO COLD
An odyssey of architectural adaptation On the heels of its summer blockbuster BIG Maze, the international design firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) returns to the National Building Museum with a behind-the-scenes look at its creative process. The exhibition, HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation, takes visitors from the hottest to the coldest parts […]
John Pawson: Minimum
Preface The famous architect makes an attempt to formulate ideas associated with architecture and fine arts using simplicity as a starting point. Beyond that, he also refers to a lifestyle by the concept of simplicity interpreting it as a device for formulating and grasping everyday rituals and the most elementary existential needs. He also makes […]
Utopia and Reality
Megastructures and their designs realized in Hungary Text: Balázs Gurdon The three decades between 1960 and 1990 were undoubtedly the period of impressive numbers in the history of urban architecture in Hungary: there have never been so few dwellings built during 30 years in this country before or even since then. The pressure to construct […]
Post-Modernist Apollon
The Newly-Born Movie Theatre of Fórum, Salgótarján Text: Vilmos Katona Salgótarján is known as a typical mining town of the 20th century when hard industries flourished. The town was ranked as the centre of the county in 1950, only 28 years after it was given a town status. The local management approved of the scheme […]
Human Scale
Text: Imre Körmendy – Orsolya Zsovák Having a look at the 20th century and our age, we realize we are living our lives fascinated by large scales and dimensions. Totalitarian societies have been trying to solve every problem within a comprehensive social framework with the result that institutions and the buildings meant to serve them […]
Possible Ways to Solve Climate Paradox
Text: László Antal Z. As a rule, a few decades are only a brief period in the lives of societies. It shall be our task later on to analyse the success or failure of the relationship between climate change and the ability of societies to adjust to these changing conditions characteristic in the late 20th […]
Bachman elment
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Antal Z. László: Klímaparadoxonok
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Innovatív lakásmegoldások: REPLAN
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