Authors:
Vilmos Katona BUTE Department of History of Architecture and of Monuments Műegyetem rkp. 3, K II 82 H-1111 Budapest Hungary

Search for other papers by Vilmos Katona in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
and
Zorán Vukoszávlyev BUTE Department of History of Architecture and of Monuments Műegyetem rkp. 3, K II 82 H-1111 Budapest Hungary

Search for other papers by Zorán Vukoszávlyev in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
Restricted access

Twenty-nine years ago the idea of critical regionalism was presented by Kenneth Frampton in his non-conventional essay Toward a Critical Regionalism. Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance (1983), preceded by a list of architects considered to be answers to globalism. A return to the genius loci seeking the roots of a genuine architecture proposed the necessity of another modernism, but it proved too academic to address the architects in praxis. ‘Resistance’ could not define revolutionary alternatives to the textbook avant-gardes without revising the meaning of architectural authenticity. Critical regionalist tenets need to be returned to the discussion in order to break through the concept’s still theoretical position as an impact of, among others Walter Benjamin’s definition of the aura. Benjamin’s recognition relates to Gernot Böhme’s views on the atmosphere, which places the dispute on an empirical, however, not abstractly objective level. Our effort targets the experience of presence of both the building, and the inhabitant, as a basis for a better understanding of the place fundamental to regionalism. It is coherent with Peter Zumthor’s lectures, who assumes it to be an integral part of his design practice. Can we refine critical regionalism’s provisions? We need to turn to the experimental reality in order to provide an authentic basis for the architecture of renewing identity. It is also required that we broaden the application of Frampton’s ontological principals to match them with Mircea Eliade’s or Titus Burckhardt’s explanatory studies offering non-western approaches to architectural perception. Hungary may contribute to both the reinterpretation of the ‘foreign’ theory of critical regionalism, and the creation of a new identity in Europe’s regional palette. The critical aspects of the artistic approaches and the relevant analysis of some new buildings completing the historical complex of the Benedictine Archabbey of Pannonhalma may play a lead role in fulfilling these missions as well.

  • Arendt 1968: Hannah Arendt (ed.): Illuminations. Essays and Reflections (translated by Harry Zohn). Harcourt, Brace & World, New York 1968.

  • Balázs 2011: Mihály Balázs: A kredencfiók fogantyúja. Majorság a Káli medencében – széljegyzetek Vincze László köveskáli épületéhez. Metszet Vol. 2 (2011) No. 4. 12–19.

  • Böhme 1995: Gernot Böhme: Atmosphäre. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1995.

  • Bojár 2002: Iván András Bojár: Téglaépítészet Magyarországon. Vertigo Kiadó, Budapest 2002.

  • Bojár 2011: Iván András Bojár: Vinczének Sikerült. Majorsági központ a Balatonfelvidéken. Octogon (2011) No. 5. 17–21.

  • Burckhardt 1967: Titus Burckhardt: Sacred Art in East and West: Its Principles and Methods (translated by Lord Northbourne). Perennial Books, London 1967.

  • Canizaro 2007: Vincent B. Canizaro (ed.): Architectural Regionalism. Collected Writings on Place, Identity, Modernity and Tradition. Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2007.

  • Co 1988: Francesco Dal Co: Chiesa di S. Giovanni Battista, Mogno Fusio, Canton Ticino. Domus (1988) No. 694. 38–45.

  • Cságoly 2002: Ferenc Cságoly – Benedek Sólyom – József Martinkó: Maci a málnásban. Iskolabővítés a Medve Utcában. Octogon (2002) No. 5. 62–66.

  • Debuyst 1997: Frédéric Debuyst: Le génie chrétien de lieu. Cerf, Paris 1997.

  • Droste 2002: Magdalena Droste: Bauhaus 1919–1933. Taschen, Köln 2002.

  • Eliade 1987: Mircea Eliade: The Sacred and the Profane. The Nature of Religion. Harcourt Inc., San Diego–New York 1987.

  • Foster 1983: Hal Foster (ed.): The Anti-Aesthetic. Essays on Postmodern Culture. Bay Press, Port Townsend, WA 1983.

  • Frampton 1992: Kenneth Frampton: Modern Architecture. A Critical History (third, revised and enlarged edition). Thames and Hudson, London 1992.

  • Guénon 2001: René Guénon: The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times (fouth, revised edition, translated by Lord Northbourne). Sophia Perennis, Hillsdale, NY 2001.

  • Haba 2003: Péter Haba: Szentírásmagyarázat. A Pannonhalmi Apátság turisztikai fogadóépülete. Régi-Új Magyar Építőművészet (2003) No. 6. 3–5.

  • Hays 1998: Michael K. Hays (ed.): Architecture Theory since 1968. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA–London 1998.

  • Heidegger 1971: Martin Heidegger: Poetry, Language, Thought (translated by Albert Hofstadter). Harper & Row, New York 1971.

  • Istvánfi 1997: Gyula Istvánfi: Az építészet története. Őskor, népi építészet. Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest 1997.

  • Katona 2008: Vilmos Katona – Zorán Vukoszávlyev: Középen az ég alatt. Gondolatok Peter Zumthor wachendorfi Bruder Klaus kápolnájáról. Alaprajz Vol. 15 (2008) No. 4. 20–23.

  • Katona 2009: Vilmos Katona – Zorán Vukoszávlyev: Intuitív tradíció. Gondolatok Peter Zumthor, Sigurd Lewerentz és Hans van der Laan építészetéről. Utóirat – Post Scriptum Vol. 9 (2009) No. 49. 29–34.

  • Katona 2010a: Vilmos Katona: Genius loci a kortárs szakrális építészetben. Építés-Építészettudomány Vol. 38 (2010) No. 3–4. 359–399.

  • Katona 2010b: Vilmos Katona: Reconsidering the Tectonic. On the Sacred Ambivalence of the Tectonic in the Light of Martin Heidegger and Relevant Theoretical Studies on Architecture. Periodica Polytechnica-Architecture Vol. 41 (2010) No. 1. 19–25.

  • Katona 2011: Vilmos Katona: Faház az apátság árnyékában. Czigány Tamás pannonhalmi zarándokkápolnája. Metszet Vol. 2 (2011) No. 2. 54–57.

  • Kollega 1998: István Kollega Tarsoly (ed.): Magyarország a XX. században, III. Kultúra, művészet, sport és szórakozás. Babits Kiadó, Szekszárd 1998.

  • Krell 1978: David Farell Krell (ed.): Heidegger, Martin Basic Writings. Philosophy – Collected Works. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1978.

  • Migayrou 2001: Frédéric Migayrou – Marie-Ange Brayer: ArchiLab. Radical Experiments in Global Architecture. Thames and Hudson, London 2001.

  • Moravánszky 1989: Ákos Moravánszky: Tűzfalak. Közép-Európa intenzitása. Magyar Építőművészet (1989) No. 4. 6–9.

  • Nesbitt 1996: Kate Nesbitt (ed.): Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture. An Anthology of Architectural Theory 1965–1995. Princeton Architectural Press, New York 1996.

  • Norberg-Schulz 1980: Christian Norberg-Schulz: Genius Loci. Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture. Academy Editions, London 1980.

  • Pálinkás 1996: György Pálinkás – Györgyi Pécsi (eds): Architektúra-Vallomások. Török Ferenc. Kijárat Kiadó, Budapest 1996.

  • Portoghesi 1980: Paolo Portoghesi – Vincent Scully – Charles Jencks – Christian Norberg-Schulz: The Presence of the Past. Academy Editions, London 1980.

  • Ricoeur 1965: Paul Ricoeur: History and Truth. Northwestern University Press, Evanston 1965.

  • Simon 2001: Mariann Simon: Regionalizmus – a hely (ki)hívása. Építés-Építészettudomány Vol. 29. (2001) No. 1–2. 109–117.

  • Simon 2005a: Mariann Simon: Identitáskeresés és arculatteremtés. A regionalizmus értelmezése a hazai építészetben 1989–2003. Építés-Építészettudomány Vol. 32 (2005) No. 3–4. 235–252.

  • Simon 2005b: Mariann Simon: Kalandozások kora. Magyar építészek a hatvanas évek Angliájában. Architectura Hungariae Vol. 7 (2005) No. 1. 1.

  • Somogyi 2000: Krisztina Somogyi: Anyagból a fény felé. Octogon (2000) No. 1. 32–35.

  • Somogyi 2004: Krisztina Somogyi: Cságoly. Kijárat Kiadó, Budapest 2004.

  • Somogyi 2006: Krisztina Somogyi: Balázs Mihály. Kijárat Kiadó, Budapest 2006.

  • Soóki-Tóth 2010: Gábor Soóki-Tóth: Finom irányváltás. A Pannonhalmi Bencés Főapátság Viator étteremépülete. Metszet Vol. 1. (2010) No. 5. 26–33.

  • Sulyok 2002: Miklós Sulyok: Magyar építészet Velencében. Európai Utas Vol. 12 (2002) No. 3. 62–64.

  • Sulyok 2005: Miklós Sulyok: Sigillum Loliense. Konyári-pincészet, Balatonlelle, 2004. Régi-Új Magyar Építőművészet (2005) No. 2. 28–29.

  • Sykes 2009: A. Krista Sykes (ed.): Constructing a New Agenda. Architectural Theory 1993–2009. Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2009.

  • Szabó 2005: Levente Szabó: Szakrális derű. A Pannonhalmi Apátsági Pincészet épületeiről / Sacred Joy. On the Buildings of the Winery of the Pannonhalma Abbey. Régi-Új Magyar Építőművészet (2005) No. 2. 3–8.

  • Tafel 2008: Cornelius Tafel – Andreas Rossmann: Ehrliches Konstruieren – ein zeitloses Ideal. Detail Vol. 48 (2008) No. 1–2. 6–14.

  • Takács 1996: Imre Takács (ed.): Mons Sacer 996–1996. Pannonhalma 1000 éve, I. Pannonhalmi Főapátság, Pannonhalma 1996.

  • Tzonis 2003: Alexander Tzonis – Liane Lefaivre (eds): Critical Regionalism. Architecture and Identity in the Globalized World. Prestel, New York 2003.

  • Vais 2008: Dana Vais: Arhi-texte (texts). În căutarea unei noi modernităţi. Arhitext Design, Bucureşti 2008.

  • Vukoszávlyev 2011: Zorán Vukoszávlyev: Anyag és csend. Építés-Építészettudomány Vol. 39 (2011) No. 3–4. 243–255.

  • WGA 2011: Andor Wesselényi-Garay: A nagyság ígérete. Kodály Központ, Pécs. Metszet Vol. 2 (2011) No. 2. 24–33.

  • Whiting 1996: Sarah Whiting (ed.): Differences. Topographies of Contemporary Architecture. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA–London 1996.

  • Zumthor 2006a: Peter Zumthor: Atmospheres. Architectural Environments – Surrounding Objects. Birkhäuser, Basel–Boston–Berlin 2006.

  • Zumthor 2006b: Peter Zumthor: Thinking Architecture (second, expanded edition, translated by Maureen Oberli-Turner and Catherine Schelbert). Birkhäuser, Basel–Boston–Berlin 2006.

  • Collapse
  • Expand

Senior editors

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sajtos, István, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Editor(s): Krähling, János, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Co-ordinating Editor(s): Gyetvainé Balogh, Ágnes, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Editorial Board

International Editorial Board

Department of History of Architecture and of Monuments
Name of the Institute: Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Address: Műegyetem rkp. 3, K II. 82, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: (36 1) 463 1330

Indexing and Abstracting Services:

  • SCOPUS

2023  
Scopus  
CiteScore 0.2
CiteScore rank Q3 (Visual Arts and Performing Arts)
SNIP 0.458
Scimago  
SJR index 0.16
SJR Q rank Q2

Építés - Építészettudomány
Publication Model Hybrid
Submission Fee none
Article Processing Charge 900 EUR/article (only for OA publications)
Printed Color Illustrations 40 EUR (or 10 000 HUF) + VAT / piece
Regional discounts on country of the funding agency World Bank Lower-middle-income economies: 50%
World Bank Low-income economies: 100%
Further Discounts Editorial Board / Advisory Board members: 50%
Corresponding authors, affiliated to an EISZ member institution subscribing to the journal package of Akadémiai Kiadó: 100%
Subscription fee 2025 Online subsscription: 164 EUR / 180 USD
Print + online subscription: 184 EUR / 220 USD
Subscription Information Online subscribers are entitled access to all back issues published by Akadémiai Kiadó for each title for the duration of the subscription, as well as Online First content for the subscribed content.
Purchase per Title Individual articles are sold on the displayed price.

Építés - Építészettudomány
Language English
Hungarian
Size B5
Year of
Foundation
1957
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
4
Founder Magyar Tudományos Akadémia  
Founder's
Address
H-1051 Budapest, Hungary, Széchenyi István tér 9.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Publisher's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Responsible
Publisher
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 0013-9661 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2764 (Online)

Monthly Content Usage

Abstract Views Full Text Views PDF Downloads
Aug 2024 17 1 1
Sep 2024 31 0 0
Oct 2024 92 1 1
Nov 2024 49 0 0
Dec 2024 22 0 0
Jan 2025 73 0 0
Feb 2025 0 0 0