Tag: contrasting architecture

Inconspicuous Modernism in the Handlová Church

Issue: 2022, Volume 56, Number 1‒2

The Church of St. Catherine in Handlová makes no pretence of surprising us with anything special at the first sight. When inspecting from the exterior, we can easily classify this building as a representative of Slovakia’s Gothic architecture. And to some extent it is. However, the truth is that the church’s current state is the […]

The Method of Contrast and Its Decline after 1968

Issue: 2022, Volume 56, Number 1‒2

In the 1960s, Czech architects and preservationists promoted the view that new buildings in historic settings should be “contemporary” and should be designed in a contrasting manner. This belief implied that their authors had to find new methods of engagement with their context, avoid the approaches of neutral “preservationist architecture” and employ the formal methods […]