Cite this article Hanus, C. (2023) ‘Editorial’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 28(4), pp. 1-2. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2023-0019 This issue of Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU once again deals with a remarkable and diverse collection of current research topics in the building industry, from urban planning […]
Cite this article Otiepková, S. (2022) ‘Role of colour in ecological approach to product and material design’, Architecture Papers of the Faculty of Architecture and Design STU, 26(3), pp. 33-41. https://www.doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2021-0017 SUMMARY The aim of this research paper is to map, document and classify new, progressive and perspective approaches to colour in product and […]
SUMMARY Colours. For the majority of us they are life-long companions. Modern man perceives colours as self-evident fact and only rarely asks the question: Where do they come from? In the past, only natural dyes were part of our colourful world. Today, many of colours around us are synthetic or “electronic”. This is very short […]
SUMMARY The identity of modern architecture seems inseparable from the whiteness of its surfaces. But why white? Why do modernists surround themselves with white walls? This paper deals with the phenomenon of white as a framework for portraying the social and cultural development of whiteness throughout history. It outlines a new critical interpretation of the privileging of the […]
SUMMARY Colours constitute an indispensable part of any environment, without exception, and they are also the first “piece of” information people register in a new environment. People have a natural need for variety of colours in their environment and the diversity of colours is the first information given by the environment, which helps people to […]