BAUHAUS 100: Adolf Loos and ‘Raumplan’ for Villa Winternitz
The villa was built by Adolf Loos and Karel Lhota in 1932 as a family villa for Prague’s lawyer Josef Winternitz, his wife Jenny Winternitz, daughter Suzana and son Peter. Considered one of Loos’ latest projects, the house has a lot of identical elements with the iconic Villa Müller, among other things, the so-called ‘Raumplan’. […]
Read MoreSILVIA SPEAKS: Photos for the debut single ‘Pleasant Company Included’.
The new post-punk dark-pop band Silvia speaks released their debut single ‘Pleasant Company Included’. Together with the new song, the band presented a series of photographs and a video teaser, proudly created in cooperation with our architecture enthusiasm platform Hipsight. One of the spots we’ve offered the band for the photo shoot was a dilapidated […]
Read MoreŠTEFÁNIK 100: The Wide Terrace of Mohyla.
Placed on top of the Bradlo mountain, Mohyla, a monument of European importance is the final resting place of Slovak scientist, aviator, photographer, diplomat, and army general M.R. Štefánik. With its positioning in the landscape and its compositional, spatial and material concept, the site represents the ultimate work of European monumental architecture. The site built […]
Read MoreNEW ARTWORK: ‘Loft Chair & TV-Woman’
When we arrived on site of former print house building Svornosť (Unity) in Bratislava in late October 2017, much of the abandoned stock, equipment and furniture was already gone. However, close to the entrance corridor to a huge two-floor open space there was a rusty office chair covered in dust. Although, we’ve recognized this modernist […]
Read MoreBAUHAUS 100: Sonneveld House in Rotterdam.
In the late 1920s, Albertus and Gésine Sonneveld commission architects Brinkman and Van der Vlugt to design a family home. The bureau had previously designed a factory for Van Nelle, where Sonneveld was director of the tobacco department. Inspired by his business trips to America, he has all kinds of technical gadgets installed, like a […]
Read MoreFASHION LIVE: Puojd fashion performance at 2018 Fashion LIVE! after-party at ‘Svornosť’
A full take from the Fashion LIVE! 2018 after party featuring a unique fashion-dance performance “AGÓNIA” for the PUOJD collection by fashion designer Michaela Bednárová. This non-traditional performance was realized inside amazing theatre-like space of the former book print house Svornosť (Unity) during the building retrofit into a loft housing. FASHION PERFORMANCE “AGÓNIA” by […]
Read MoreSITE SPECIFIC: Art performances during the retrofit of the former printing house ‘Svornosť’.
It’s always great to see how the art develops inside of unique spaces of strong though sometimes hidden architectural qualities, such as happens in the case of former print house Svornosť (Unity) in Bratislava. The emptying, removal of machinery and equipment in Svornosť building, originally designed for industrial purposes, has created a temple-like aura of […]
Read MoreINTERIOR REVIVALS: Office space overhaul in Istropolis building by Pavel Hache Studio.
Functionalist and minimalist design approach have joined together in the renewal of the interior office space located in the administrative high-rise of the iconic Istropolis building complex in Bratislava. The complex was conceived in the late 1950s as the main administrative, cultural and research center for the then very influential labor unions. It was […]
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