Text: András Ferkai Yet another outstanding representative of the great old generation has left us behind. JenÅ‘ Rimanóczy, an architect awarded Ybl Prize passed away on June 29th. Starting his career after 1956, he was a member of the generation that played a key role in state-managed design. He fulfilled his ambitions as a significant […]
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The Meaning in Architecture
How do man-made spaces address us? Text: Zsófia Francsicsné Szántay In the context of architecture, the concepts of meaning, interpretation, reading, as well as adjectives like signifying, iconic, symbolic and emblematic often appear as references to buildings and their spaces in professional discourses discussing architectural theory and design. This article surveys issues of architectural semantics, […]
Architectural Atmosperes
Text: Szilárd Suba-Faluvégi What makes the difference between two buildings with regard to quality? What is high-standard architecture like? Why do we like being in one building, whilst we find another unbearable? These are common questions when we think about architecture. Periods of human history had various answers to them; referring to ornamentation through inauguration […]
Az épÃtészeti tervrajz is műalkotás
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Swallows’ Visitors’ Centre
Diploma Design, SZIE Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture, MSC, 2019 Concept and text: Bence Péter Tóth The handshake of vernacular and contemporary architecture is the plan for me. The brick, earth and adobe architecture, thatching and whitewashed walls naturally co-operated with nature. I slid this house onto the shore of the quarry pond of the […]
COVER /// AGE – 2nd National Salon of Architecture
Kunsthalle, Budapest, 26 April – 25 August 2019 Photos: Műcsarnok, Béla Ilovszky / theater.hu In the last five years the Műcsarnok has served as the venue for the National Salons, which have attracted significant interest from professional circles and the lay audience alike. Every year the fresh achievements of another genre are presented. In 2019 […]
Light Architecture
Kunsthalle, Budapest, 5 July – 25 August, 2019 Photo: Zsolt Hlinka The installation visualises the conception of architectural form abstractly, in a special light matrix. Thanks to the semi-virtual display, the movement of space can be perceived and the successive metamorphoses of the spaces can also be understood: visitors can experience symbolically and physically the […]
Egy igazi könyvcsemege
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Café As. The Survival of Simon Wiesenthal
Jüdisches Museum Wien, 29 May – 12 January 2020 Photos: Jüdisches Museum Wien Simon Wiesenthal is known today as that man who devoted his life to justice for the victims of the Shoah. His profession as an architect, which he pursued until his persecution by the Nazi regime, has largely been forgotten. During his internment […]
Hans Hollein unpacked: The Haas-Haus
SammlungsLab #4 Az Wien, 13 June – 19 August 2019 Photos: Az Wien Even before and during its construction the Haas-Haus directly opposite St. Stephen’s Cathedral caused many a controversy. On the occasion of Hans Hollein’s (1934-2014) 85th birthday we open up his archives and offer insight into the conception of what is probably his […]
In memoriam Majoros Gábor (1947-2019)
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Máriási Masznyik Iván kiállÃtása
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