architecture

Changes to Housing Standards in Košice during the interwar period of Modern movement and Functionalism

Varechová, Zuzana

In its introduction, the study highlights the renewed interest about Modern and Functionalism movement in the 1980s. This renewed interest was bolstered by the fact that Modern and Functionalism movement buildings began to be listed in the Central Register of Protected Buildings Fund, as well as the Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement (DOCOMOMO), an international organization founded in 1990.

The Origin of the Modern City: the Changes in Slovak Cities in the Second Half of 19th Century and the First Half of 20th Century

Moravčíková, Henrieta

The period from the Austro-Hungarian Compromise to the outbreak of World War II can be considered as decisive for the modernization of cities in the territory of Slovakia. It is because processes, the impact of which is still today determining the appearance of the urban landscape, took place during these seven decades. Intensive modern urbanization took place in that period in the Kingdom of Hungary and Hungarian cities reached the standards of Western Europe. Particularly between 1867 and 1918, development took place in the same temporal, functional and structural context.

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