Interconnection of Space and Time
Following the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy after World War I, in addition to Austria, Hungary and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, Czechoslovakia was also created and soon became a major economic power, and one of the more advanced and successful European countries. In this period that was favourable to the development of...
Interview with Marko Mušič
Exceptional Oeuvre with Authorial Distinction Photographs and Plans: Courtesy of Marko Mušič
Jurij Kobe, Maja Kovačič: Sveti Urh 1941–1945, Memorial Exhibition in the Mežnarija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Place of Suffering and Memory
Echoes of Yugoslav Modernism
In the previous issue we mentioned Yugoslav Modernism and the interest in this topic, which received additional attention with a landmark exhibition in MoMA, New York: Towards Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980, curated by Martino Stierli and Vladimir Kulić. Due to its actuality and due to the quality of Yugoslav architecture, let us remain...
Yugoslav Modernism and Venice Architecture Biennale
Modernism is always topical. Even in the beginning of the 21st century, we can look back with joy and pleasure to the golden years of Modernism that marked several generations in the broader space of our former common state. It did take a long time, however, for Yugoslav Modernism to lose its very own socialist...
Hohengasser Wirnsberger Architekten: Cheese Dairy Kaslab´n Nockberge, Radenthein, Austria
Small architecture hiding a multitude of stories
The Year of Jože Plečnik
The architect Jože Plečnik is of course of interest at any time, and not only on the occasion of a special anniversary, although this year we are commemorating 60 years from his death and 145 from his birth. That is why the present issue of Piranesi also covers a few topics directly related to...
Wood is Beautiful
It goes without saying that wood is not only beautiful and pleasant to look at and touch, but that it has recently also become, again, a very sought-after building material, with which it is possible to build almost anything. Whereas in the recent past it was mainly used for roof constructions and partly for...
Experiencing Architecture Live
What does it mean to see and experience architecture live? Last summer, we had an opportunity to visit two houses in the United States that are arguably amongst the ten most important houses of 20th century architecture: Wright’s masterpiece “Falling Water”, and Johnson’s own house called “Glass House”. Each of the two houses is unique...
