SUMMARY Currently, the utilization of architectural heritage in tourist services is very frequently asked for. The architectural monuments intesify the competitiveness of tourism, multiply the added value, and increase the number of visitors. But, this intensification capacity of monuments is limited and it is conditioned by the conservation of authentic cultural values. The function of […]

SUMMARY In order to present actual research achievements in APVV and VEGA grant projects and to initiate interdisciplinary discussion about conditions and possibilities of reconstruction of modern architecture monuments, an academic colloquium took place on 11th November 2010 in Bratislava. The event, organised under cooperation of Department of Architecture ÚSTARCH SAV and organization DOCOMOMO Slovakia, […]

SUMMARY The thick line which in 1989 definitively divided our democratic present from the forty years of socialist period caused that the early post-revolutionary period was full of idealism and hopes for better future. However, the inconsistent settlement with the past resulted in a general refusal of any allusion of the former regime and impeded […]

SUMMARY Our world comprises material “phenomena” and feelings evoked by places, spaces, and works of art… The city of Banská Štiavnica has developed into a complex environment since the 12th century including its urban spaces and houses which are being conserved. But there is also something what we can call genius loci, that is as […]