Beyond the affluent and diverse scale of cultural events, Pécs as European Capital of Culture in 2010 is preparing redesign of numerous parks and squares. Yet another new and attractive highlight will enrich the tourist market of the city: the new cultural-art quarter which is to be established in surroundings of the world renown Zsolnay Factory. MORE…
The winning proposal for the sports-hall at the primary school in Mengeš was announced few days ago at the Slovene Chamber of Architecture. The group of architects with Alenka Kragelj Eržen, Gregor Košorok, Jernej Gartner and landscape architects Matej Kučina and Eva Prosen were selected to present the best solution of low- energy multipurpose sports hall. MORE…
The European Capital of Culture 2010 title gave Pécs a unique opportunity to transform its economic structure into a culture-based economy. The programme is designed to enable the city to rediscover its urban character, the beauty of living in a city, reclaim public spaces for the benefit of its community, and make the whole environment more liveable. The ECoC title will bring new symbols to the city to be proud of. In this article we will present the one of the two green-field investments: South Transdanubian Regional Library and Knowledge Centre.
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The desire for efficiency of developers and contractors have handcuffed the Turkish housing typology into blocks with typically 4 units around a central core. Despite its unarguable efficiency, the result consistently creates upto a third of the units to be compromised; without views, facing other units. And eventhough generally the zoning laws allow only 25-50% of a given site to be developed, punctured by these indifferent towers, the left over green space is seldom identifiable. MORE…
Elastik’s Open Frame proposal offers a home for a design gallery by FRAME Magazine within an elaborate mixed use program ranging from a hotel, to apartments, and studios. Neatly fitting into the aTA urban plan, the approx. 15.000 m2 building is projected on the Grasweg in Amsterdam. MORE…
Water of life, Adam Balogh
Adam Balogh (painter-photographer) was born in Budapest in 1971. He has been displaying his works in individual and joint exhibitions since 2000. His receptive, open personality and exotic journeys as well as the influence of Central and South America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East are reflected in his art.
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In the beginning of September, the city of Tirana and an international jury announced MVRDV winner of the competition for the urban and ecologic masterplan. Dutch office proposed a new dense urban neighborhood with a park and public facilities at the Shore of Tirana Lake, in the south of the Albanian capital. MORE…
Pannon, the Hungarian mobile services unit of Telenor, designed by Budapest based office ZOBOKI-DEMETER és Társai Építésziroda, inaugurated a few weeks ago an environmentally-friendly headquarters on the outskirts of Budapest. Compared to a conventional building, the new headquarters will cut down on CO2 emissions equivalent to those generated by about 500 homes, making it one of Hungary’s “greenest” office buildings. MORE…
