SUMMARY In Romania, the systematic recording of the architectural past was born in the first half of the 20th century. The narratives of the first generation of architectural historians were fostered by the ethos (and chimeras) of the late 1800’s eruptive modernisation, and bore the particularities, inconsistencies and fluctuations of that process. Their histories remained […]
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SUMMARY We propose to present the regional project Unfinished Modernisations—Between Utopia and Pragmatism: Architecture and Urban Planning in the Former Yugoslavia and the Successor States, which was conducted by a group of researchers from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Macedonia 2010-2012. We stress the need for the reconstruction of the common architectural history […]
SUMMARY In 2006, the University of Chicago Press was publishing a solid study, lavishly illustrated, entitled When buildings speak. Its author, Anthony Alofsin chose this metaphoric title to treat of “Architecture as Language in the Habsburg Empire and Its Aftermath, 1867-1933”. Teasing identity as a methodological bias in studying Central/ Eastern European architecture was not […]
SUMMARY In words of art historian Ján Bakoš Slovakia is characterized as a “crossroad of cultures” whose particularity lays in “the sharp clashes of intense but evanescent impulses on the one hand and long-lasting up to conservative traditions” on the other hand[1]. Remelting of the “evanescent impulses“ to the form acceptable by the domestic environment, […]
Application of micro-algae in the context of industrial design – holistic approach in the design process Mgr. art. Tibor Antony, ArtD. Dissertation work “Application of micro-algae in the context of industrial design – holistic approach in the process of design work“ seeks possible strategies for implementation of micro-algae bio-technology in the area of tangible objects […]
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SUMMARY People these days are already fully aware of the need to move firmly on the path towards sustainability principles. Despite the fact that current scientific and technical progress already enables us to achieve sustainability in many areas, we tend to hesitate and still follow outdated principles. The field of architecture and urban design is […]
Late Modernism in the Slovak Spa Localities Mgr. art. Martin Zaiček, PhD. Slovakia is a small-size country rich in natural healing water springs. These springs are an important predisposition for the spa development. But natural resources themselves cannot provide spa services. For providing of the therapy, there is needed a complex of balneology and sanatoriums, which all […]
SUMMARY According to historiography and archive documents, Banská Štiavnica is considered to be the oldest mining town in Slovakia. However, the look of the town’s urban and architectural form in its earliest days is almost unknown or, at best, rather vague. Long-term research of archive materials picked up only indirect references to Banská Štiavnica that […]