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We visited the Calvinist Church of Külső-Kelenföld | Othernity
Locals believed the Calvinist Church of Külső-Kelenföld was more of a high-tech miracle, such as a missile site or a UFO than a sacred building—with the tour of this iconic building, the Othernity urban walk series of the Contemporary Architecture Center has officially started. Church building challenges in the
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We visited the OTP Bank Tower House | Othernity
Still standing as a fascinating phenomenon in the central location of Krisztina town, the OTP Bank Tower House caused quite a stir at the time of its construction. Some people cannot stand it; others think, it would be nice to have more of these modern residential buildings in Buda (or
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The iconic cultural spaces of Újpest | Othernity
The latest urban walk related to the Othernity project focused on Újpest. In addition to the boarded-up building of the Endre Ady Cultural Center, we also examined the first cultural facility of the district, Polgár Centrum (Citizen Center) as well as the building of the New Market Hall and Cultural
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We visited the OTP Bank Tower House | Othernity
Still standing as a fascinating phenomenon in the central location of Krisztina town, the OTP Bank Tower House caused quite a stir at the time of its construction. Some people cannot stand it; others think, it would be nice to have more of these modern residential buildings in Buda (or
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East by MADA_Belgrade | 5 Insta profiles worth following
This time, Nikola Andonov, Aleksandar Ristović and Stefan Stojanović, the founders of architecture studio MADA shared Insta feeds with a Belgradian feel to them. Let’s check them out!
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East by MADA_Belgrade | 5 songs and 1 film that'll get you in the Belgrade mood
Belgrade’s musical symbols, the city’s favorite artist, a song evoking the eighties and a film, or rather an urban comedy in the Belgrade night: today, we recommend songs and a movie.
This time, Nikola Andonov, Aleksandar Ristović, and Stefan Stojanović, the founders of architecture studio MADA, help us
architecture
We visited the Calvinist Church of Külső-Kelenföld | Othernity
Locals believed the Calvinist Church of Külső-Kelenföld was more of a high-tech miracle, such as a missile site or a UFO than a sacred building—with the tour of this iconic building, the Othernity urban walk series of the Contemporary Architecture Center has officially started. Church building challenges in the
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East by MADA_Belgrade | 5 places worth exploring
One of Belgrade’s most characteristic islands, the atmosphere of the city’s port on the Danube, a mysterious underground city, a museum that has never been built and the best view onto Belgrade’s old town: find out about all of them in today’s article.
This time Nikola
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East by MADA_Belgrade | 5 buildings that talk about the city
A museum closed for ten years, Europe’s largest auditorium, an abandoned building complex originally giving home to gigantic exhibitions that lost its function in World War II, and the blocks of Belgrade’s smallest but most densely populated district are all featured in our article.
This time Nikola Andonov,
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East by MADA_Belgrade | 3 books to read about the city
The Serbian capital through the adventures of an iconic skater; a novel infused with theories, researches and real stories about the city’s architecture; one of the greatest modernist developments of the 20th century or Belgrade without compromises, from a research and scientific angle. At our request, the founders of
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The Hungarian Pavilion's exhibition at the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture debuts
This year’s Venice Biennale project of the Ludwig Museum opened with the title Othernity—Reconditioning Our Modern Heritage. The project focuses on the central theme of the Biennale: How will we live together? It seeks to list the opportunities that the highly controversial, oftentimes obsolete heritage of modern architecture
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Grab your own Újpalotai Apartment Tower!
From today on, the selection of our online store is enriched with a truly extraordinary risoprint: this time, we collaborated with architect-graphic designer Boróka Felső, who designed the poster depicting the Újpalotai Apartment Tower for us. The print is now available in HYPEANDHYPER’s online store in limited quantities!
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Vote for your favorite building in Budapest!
Déli Railway Terminal, the Újpalotai Apartment Tower, the Endre Ady Cultural Center in Újpest, the OKISZ Headquarters, the Planetarium—five buildings in Budapest we have also explored previously. Now it’s up to you to decide which of these buildings you’d like to see on HYPEANDHYPER’s new print!
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We visited Népliget and the Planetarium | Othernity
We only get to see the undeservedly ignored Planetarium and Népliget (People’s Park) in quite a derelict state today, that is, if we even think of visiting them – in spite of all this, they would deserve a brighter future and much more attention. Welcome to the next stop of
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The iconic cultural spaces of Újpest | Othernity
The latest urban walk related to the Othernity project focused on Újpest. In addition to the boarded-up building of the Endre Ady Cultural Center, we also examined the first cultural facility of the district, Polgár Centrum (Citizen Center) as well as the building of the New Market Hall and Cultural
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We walked through Déli Railway Terminal | Othernity
The venue of the latest “Othernity” walk organized by the Contemporary
Architecture Center on last Sunday, and thus the latest stop of our series is
Déli Railway Terminal, symbolizing both the happy start of summer vacations
spent at Lake Balaton and the not so happy end of the same for
architecture
We visited the OKISZ Headquarters | Othernity
The “Othernity” walking tour series organized by Contemporary Architecture
Center continued with another iconic building. The OKISZ Headquarters located at
Thököly út offers several peculiarities visitors, including the paternoster lift
operating unto this day, which – of course – we tried, too. What else does the
brutalist building offer? Let’s see!
architecture
We visited the Újpalotai Apartment Tower | Othernity
Even though we are quite saddened by the fact that the 2020 International
Architecture Biennale was postponed, we for sure gained something with it: we
can visit all the iconic buildings that will be in the center of attention in
the Hungarian Pavilion. In the framework of the walking tours
