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J.R.R. Tolkien and Imre Makovecz: Those Who Wage War Against the Death of God

‘J.R.R. Tolkien was an author, and Imre Makovecz was an architect. But while they may be divided by their crafts, the two men were, I argue, united in spirit. Both Tolkien and Makovecz saw in the modern world that something…

The Unprecedented Reconstruction of Hungary’s Prominent Forts and Palaces

If someone has not been to the fortresses and palaces of Hungary in the last 20 or 30 years, and is just now returning to see the biggest attractions, they are definitely in for a big surprise, seeing how much…

Discovering the Magnificent Art Nouveau: Budapest’s Iconic Buildings

The most characteristic sights of Budapest are its iconic Art Nouveau buildings—in almost all of the grey streets of our capital, we can find at least a few colourful Art Nouveau edifices, as well as the different forms and cultural…

Bauhaus in Budapest’s Architecture

According to Walter Gropius, the ‘idea of the Bauhaus’ provides an artist with the skills with which he can occupy his place in the (machinery) industrial society. Let’s take a closer look at how this trend shaped the image of…

Hungarian Architectural Heritage Kept Alive

A renaissance of exceptional Hungarian architecture is good news not only for art lovers, but also because great buildings create connections and build community….

Preserving Hungary’s Architectural Heritage – No Mission Impossible for the Orbán Government

It is not only the architectural heritage of the capital city that the Fidesz government has been eager to preserve, but that of the countryside as well….
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Ottoman Architectural Heritage in Hungary

The conquerors shaped Hungarian cities and architecture: Christian temples were redesigned as mosques, new minarets and spas were built….
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New World-Class Building of the Museum of Ethnography Opens in Budapest

The Hungarian Museum of Ethnography moves to a building custom-designed for it for the first time in its one-hundred-and-fifty-year history. The new building in the Hungarian capital is one of the top products of contemporary architecture….
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House of Music, Hungary: A New Architectural Wonder Is Born in Budapest

‘Complex simplicity’, was the catch-phrase picked by a critic to sum up the work of the Japanese architect, and this complex simplicity is indeed manifested in the House of Music, Hungary….
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Roger Scruton’s Ideas of ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful’ Found Fertile Ground in Budapest

Scruton traced back our classical understanding of beauty to the Enlightenment period, and argued that in our increasingly secular world beauty is a path back to the transcendent….

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