Seeking Structure from Nature: The Organic Architecture of Hungary - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 3764351780 ISBN 13: 9783764351786

Casa editrice: Birkhauser Architecture, 1995

Riassunto

Since 1960s Hungary has seen the creation of an architecture of particular charm. Its distinctive, unique formal idiom is fed by a variety of sources. It takes its ideas from rustic "architecture without architects", such as the traditional storage buildings or totem poles and wooden grave markers as can still be seen today in the rural districts of Transylvania. Mythological motifs such as Turul the Eagle or Szkita the Elk appear in their ornamentation. In the composition of architectural space there are allusions to the old masters of organic architecture like Frank Lloyd Wright or Bruce Goff. With their anthropomorphic or zoomorphic forms these buildings also recall the tradition of anthroposophical culture and design. Building with natural materials is an essential feature of organic architecture. Along with bricks, one of the main materials is wood, which is used not only for the building envelope but also for structural purposes. Here the architects take recourse to traditional techniques of the type that have been preserved in handcrafts. All these elements come together to form an architecture with a warm and earthly character that encompasses, in addition to the classic house, technically demanding architectural functions such as the creation of sports facilities, office buildings, or churches. This organic school became internationally known through Imre Makovecz, who is regarded as its most important protagonist and who built, for example, the Hungarian pavilion at the Expo Sevilla in 1992, a wood building with a poetic, fairy-tale spirit. The present book is the first comprehensive treatment of this architecture. Along with all the important buildings of Makovecz, the book also presents works by Tibor Jankovics, Gyorgy Csete, Sandor Deveni, and many other architects.

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• Editore: Birkhauser Architecture
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 3764351780
• ISBN 13: 9783764351786
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 191
• Redattore: Cook Jeffrey