Assumptions and reconstruction Text: Rudolf Klein, Gergely Nagy Photos: Rudolf Klein The synagogue in Óbuda is a unique case in which modernisation has a clear lead, but the building still retains elements of the tradition in explicit architectural terms. The local significance of the synagogue in Óbuda cannot be overstated: it represents an important milestone […]
Utóirat 2017/1
(Re)creating Values
Recycling cloisters and their afterlife via contemporary architectural interventions Text: Bianka Varga Whilst transforming into a world of Christianity, the fate of religious orders and their institutions in mediaeval Europe ran parallel with the history of the church after the foundations of the very first cloisters. The changes of the social-political positions of churches almost […]
Women Architects in the Socialist Era (1945–1989)
On a newly published collection of English-language essays Text: Béla Kerékgyártó How did they find their places and what was the role of women who were active as architects in the countries of the Socialist block? Was there any essential difference between West and East Europe in this regard? Edited by Mariann Simon and Mary […]
Architectural interest aroused by a variety of percepts
In the interiors designed by Tadao Ando in St. Louis Text: Anna Losonczi This study examines the spatial experience based on the interiors designedby Tadao Ando in St. Louis. This survey relies upon the designers’intuition and weaves a short summary of research outcomes into thestory of observation. It is about environments where temporality playsa key role […]
Highrises in Budapest
Text: Imre Körmendy The construction of tall buildings has almost always been an expression of power (travelling back in time as far as the interpretation of the Bible’s author, the symbol of Babel’s tower, whereby mankind ambitioned to surpass God). We know from the history from Italian town states that rich families competed to build the […]
MÉSZ in the 21st century
Discussion about the future of MÉSZ, Építészpince, January 2017 Text: Anna Zöldi, Bálint Botzheim The new management of MÉSZ prioritizes its tasks so as to focus on being an authentic organisation of Hungarian architects which reacts sensitively to the changes of the profession and is able to revive itself from time to time. Ambitioned to […]