Transmodern Forum – Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism

The ‘Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism’ conference and forum is organized by the Transmodern collective and Collegium Hungaricum Berlin in 28-29 April 2016 in Berlin, Germany. We had a really interesting program with 17 lecturers from 9 countries to speak about Read More …

Nervi and his Hungarian followers

Interesting double exhibition in Budapest: alongside the ‘Pier Luigi Nervi – Architecture as Challenge’, the evolution of Hungarian concrete shell architecture is presented at the Budapest University of Technology and FUGA Architecture Center in April and May. The influential ferroconcrete Read More …

Translations of Modernism Opening Conference

The very first conference of Transmodern aimed to show the initiations around the Visegrad countries that have already started to collect and interpret their own regional post-war heritage through their regional characteristic. These characteristic differences can defined on political, economical Read More …

Igor Kovačević (Editor) – Urbanity: Twenty Years Later: Projects for Central European Capitals

Urbanity Twenty Years Later is a long term research project which is rediscovering Central European urban values. The project is regional aiming to find answers for the future of our cities as such. The first publication of the Urbanity project Read More …

FA Workshop: Skála Metró in Budapest

Architecture built under ‘socialist’ regimes suffers from stigmatization. It is often perceived as built without consideration for the urban context or it is argued that its physical appearance does not match contemporary taste. Office space built in those societies is Read More …