Adaptive Traditions

Contemporary regional architecture in Szeklerland Text: EnikÅ‘ Sarolta Rab At present, regional architecture in Szeklerland (the Land of the Székely minority) is about adaptation to the local natural and built environment and relative proportionality with the fabric of the village, revealing strong ties to the centuries-old tradition of timber architecture. In the 21st century, there […]

Old Testament, New Architecture

Judaic-Jewish roots of modernism, 1848–2000 Text and Photos: Rudolf Klein This paper discusses the impact of the aniconic Biblical tradition on modern architecture; modernism’s departure from the traditional Greco-Christian cultural paradigm, i. e. abolishing the buildings’ representation of tectonics (columns, capitals, architraves, etc.); cancelling the basics of Aristotle’s aesthetics and banning figurative decoration on surfaces. […]

The Potentials of 3P and 4P in Hungarian Housing Development

Text: Julianna Szabó PhD In 2018, a comprehensive professional consortium managed by the Municipality of Zugló won funding from Urban Innovative Actions. The project titled “More than Housing” was targeted to build a social tenement house that, in addition to affordability, promised an exceptionally sustainable ethos and technical solutions in Hungary, and, as a social […]

Architecture in War

The situation of built heritage in Ukraine Text: Eszter Götz How should a country protect its architectural heritage during wartime? From Palmyra to Timbuktu, the question has been raised tragically many times – and it arises again in connection with the war in Ukraine. In June 2022, the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and […]

The Attraction of the Earth

Adobe as an old-new building material Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Ökodome Projekt The use of adobe, as one of the oldest building materials, has declined significantly in the past decades. Due to its special properties, however, in recent years it has been receiving more and more attention in the construction industry. In folk architecture, it […]

A kert mint művészet

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Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

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