Subotica synagogue – is it the most beautiful synagogue in the world ?
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A magnificent example of Hungarian Art Nouveau, the huge synagogue in Subotica, Serbia, is a truly inspiring temple.
Brno Jewish Cemetery Czech Republic
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Brno, in Czech Republic’s Moravia, had a thriving Jewish community. Its grandeur and wealth are reflected in the beautiful headstones of the Jewish cemetery.
Třebíč Jewish Cemetery Czech Republic
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Magnificent headstones and general view of Třebíč Jewish Cemetery – a former Jewish community, whose heritage is well kept in the local Jewish quarter and synagogue.
Moscow’s Zaryadye Park redefines the architecture discipline
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Moscow’s Zaryadye Park is a man-made wild area, an outdoors-indoors organic, flowing and inspirational fabric. But mostly, it blurs the unreasonable existing dichotomy between architecture and landscape architecture.
Soviet pavement tiles – walking on repetitive geometry
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Repetitive geometrical forms were dominant in soviet architecture and design. It seems that sidewalks were playgrounds for designers to try elaborate repetitive interlocking forms…
Warsaw Muranów Urban Renewal – "Nalewki – Andersa Square" – 3 – Street and Buildings
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The square is shaped by several buildings and structures which bring life into Andersa Street. Inspired by prewar buildings, what shape should they wear?
Warsaw Muranów Urban Renewal – "Nalewki – Andersa Square" – 2 – Stacja Muranów
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Not just another metro station, but an integrated space, inspired by prewar buildings layout, connected to the street by natural light and sight, and comfortably accessible using intriguing passages
Warsaw Muranów Urban Renewal – "Nalewki – Andersa Square" – 1 – Analysis and Overview
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Creating meaningful public spaces, adding buildings for various uses and construction of a metro station are suggested to create a vivid hub for Muranów, inspired by the life that existed there before the war.
"Golden Polish Autumn" – Warsaw Foliage
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Warm colors wash Warsaw landscape during “Golden Polish Autumn”. A pictorial tour provides an opportunity for a brief insight into Warsaw’s best gardens, streets and tranquil suburbs.
Warsaw Muranów Architecture Project – First Semester Summary
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Intervention in Warsaw / Muranów inspired by pre-war urban tissue. Summary of first semester of the project presenting historical development, values, commemoration issues, master plan and sample intervention ideas
Feeling/Filling Void – Warsaw / Muranów Architecture Project – Phase Three – Intervention
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Initial intervention ideas inspired by pre-war Warsaw urban tissue are presented through excerpts from a computerized model
Feeling/Filling Void – Warsaw / Muranów Architecture Project – Phase Two
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In this post we shall get a glimpse to pre-war Warsaw and its urban characteristics, followed by a comparison to current Warsaw, through aerial photos and analyses.
Feeling/Filling Void – Former Warsaw Ghetto Architecture Project – Phase One
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I chose the former Warsaw Ghetto area as the site for the final Architecture and Town Planning studies project. In this post a summary of the first phase of the project is presented – observations, data analysis, history, conflicts, and finally architectural research questions, some ideas and relevant references
A Glimpse of Georgia – The country of natural and human beauty
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A Glimpse of Georgia (Gruzia), the wonderful Caucasus country rich with natural beauty and wonderful people…
Tastes of Romania – Model 1999
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A journey to Romania in April 1999. It was a voyage back in time… Join a journey through Romania’s rural areas as well as some more familiar urban places, and meet its landscapes and people.
World antennas tour
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Antennas can be found everywhere. Although these monuments of the modern era pollute the view, they enable people all over the world to communicate, and sometimes they even charmingly mingle in the surrounding landscape. Let’s go for a guided antennas tour in some places in the world…