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From old to something very new | Plato City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Ostrava
They took something that no one else wanted, added their own expertise, and came up with a completely unique concept—and that’s how this gallery in Ostrava was born.
Although Czechia has been doing pretty well lately with the reuse of old factory buildings for art everywhere (we last
design
Combining industrial heritage and modern design: introducing WERK restaurant in Bratislava
Jurkovičova Tepláreň, the only preserved industrial heritage building from the original Apollo refinery complex has undergone a radical transformation in recent years. The original structure of the multifunctional building complex in downtown Bratislava now serves as a melting pot for a new community of corporate clients, startups, and freelancers. This
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Restored Firefighters’ Tower reflecting the history of Cluj-Napoca
A new chapter in the history of a centuries-old monument in Cluj-Napoca has just begun. After six years of rehabilitation and construction work, the Firefighters’ Tower opened its doors and is now not only a lookout but also an exhibition space. Let’s see!
Located in the Someșul Mic Valley
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Once upon a time, there was a brotherhood | Russia-Georgia Friendship Monument
The monument, located just five kilometers from Gudauri, is a testimony to the long history of Russian-Georgian friendship to this day. Let’s discover one of Georgia’s must-see pantheons!
The monument is located along one of the most important Georgian transport routes, known as the Military Road. The road
lifestyle
Sneaking into the past: the heyday of urbex in Eastern Europe
Most of us pass by the once vibrant, but now abandoned and dilapidated buildings with a mixture of nostalgia and rue. But not everyone leaves it at that: urbexers (urban explorers) are dedicated to discovering places, often illegally, that still have the charm of the past but are now deserted.
architecture
You’ve never seen the Buda Castle District like this!—Budapest100 is coming at the weekend
It will be worth visiting the Buda Castle District in Budapest at the weekend, where everything will evolve around architecture for the first time this year, for four days. The usual weekend schedule of Budapest100 was completed by the organizers with a conference on Thursday and a walking day on
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Can it be anything other than marble? | Variations on a Monument
You can have an exciting artistic experience if you visit one of the squares of Szentháromság, Szervita, and Szentlélek in Budapest between April 29 and May 1. These squares of the capital are home to temporary works titled Variations on a Monument, which commemorate the victims of the coronavirus epidemic
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“Saving the treasures of Városmajor“ | 3h architects
On 18 April 2022, we will once again celebrate monuments around the world. To mark the International Day For Monuments and Sites, Budapest-based architecture studio 3h shared a curious story.
In 2012, they were commissioned to renovate and extend the Schachtner House in Városmajor Street, designed by Ferenc Brein in
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A reimagined Viennese monument from the twenties
Located on the western slopes of the Vienna Woods, the special feature of Heuberghaus lies in its context: with its simple structure, it is an outstanding architectural historical monument of the twenties. This building has been extended and transformed with the necessary sensitivity by the Urbanek Studio.
Heuberg was one
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The invisible power of the wall
During the revitalization of the Husův Park in Prague, a sculptural-architectural monument called SUPERPOWER WALL was created, exploring the theme of transformation.
Now home to the Hussite Revolution Park in Čakovice, the site was historically a village green space surrounded by a lake. During the First Czechoslovak Republic, the pond
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Hungarian videomapping team projected onto the gigantic monument in Croatia
This time, the three-member Secret Mapping Experiment team visited the abandoned Petrova Gora monument.
The Secret Mapping Experiment has been making projections of various buildings and monuments for six years now, usually under the cover of night. For their most recent work, they chose the war memorial designed by Vojin
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Preserving history: progressive monastery renovation in Corsica
The long-abandoned Convent Saint François in Corsica was given a new look by the French architect Amelia Tavella. The monastery, built in 1480, gradually began to decay in recent years; thanks to its modernization and new building wing, it is now revived.
The Convent Saint François is located in the
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BOTANIQ Castle of Tura named best castle hotel in Europe
BOTANIQ Turai Kastély has won another international tourism award, this time, received the “Best Castel Hotel in Europe 2021” title at the International Travel Awards 2021.
The international competition, organized by KSA Tourism Marketing, attracted hotels and caterers from more than 100 countries. More than three thousand entries were received
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Boutique hotel in the spirit of slow architecture
Historic buildings in Romanian city centers have long suffered from neglect due to the intricacies of complex economic, legal and bureaucratic issues. Now, in the spirit of slow architecture, a historic building has been transformed into a boutique hotel in Brăila, with a focus on craftsmanship, simplicity, locality and sustainability.
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A mausoleum was built for the martyrs of Polish villages in Michniów
On July 12, 2021, on the 78th anniversary of the martyrdom of Polish villages, the architectural studio Nizio Design International officially opened the monument, which was built to commemorate the pacification operations that took place in Polish villages during World War II.
The monument is reminiscent of a series of
architecture
The worn-out charm of socialist modernist architecture | TOP 5
In Central and Eastern Europe, we tend to associate modern architecture of the second half of the twentieth century with socialism, so it is no wonder that the perception of modern buildings in these countries is generally negative. The monumental but now decaying memories of the socialist era are more
photography
Futuristic images of abandoned monuments
Photographer Yang Xiao traveled to ex-Soviet, ex-Yugoslav, and Eastern European countries, to capture forgotten, colossal monuments in a futuristic style.
Xiao combined all the passions of the traveling designer-photographer to create the photo series Eternal Monuments in the Dark. Visiting forty countries, he photographed for nine years, capturing monumental structures
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Monument in a First World War cemetery | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Lookout, chapel, wall, tombstone and reverent place—Monument Majer erected in the old, First World War cemetery of Banská Bystrica fulfils all these functions all at once. In the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHPYER series, we explore this contemporary building from the category of recollective architecture.
In 1915,
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Monument honoring coronavirus victims to be built along Uruguayan coastline
The circular architectural installation with a 40-meter diameter was designed to be installed on water off the coast of Uruguay. In addition to commemorating the victims of the pandemic, the structure would also offer a new perspective to experience the coast.
We are still in the middle of the coronavirus
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Serbian statues in Printa’s new collection
The monumental Serbian brutalist statues of the sixties and the seventies on T-shirts, canvas bags and graphics. Meet Printa’s latest menswear collection!
Printa founder Zita Majoros was born on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, and pays tribute to her ancestry with her latest collection. The main motifs of
architecture
Stunning Hungarian castle fully restored | Botaniq Castle of Tura
After renovation works of almost 15 years, Schossberger Castle in Tura shines in
its former glory once again. The building evoking the castles along the Loire in
France was renovated in the framework of a complete monument reconstruction
project and will continue to live as a luxury hotel under the