Format:
127 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Pläne
Edition:
Prvé slovenské vydanie
ISBN:
8055629854
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9788055629858
Content:
The publication is about the outstanding architectural masterpiece which is the crematorium in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It was built a half of century ago (in 1968) under extremely favorable circumstances. Before that, there was a long battle that started back in 1889 to establish the institution of the crematory. The book presents the history of a modern cremation movement in Europe with the consideration of the long battle of Bratislava City to establish a crematorium, it focuses on international, but also local architectural stimulations, that influenced the architecture of the object. Besides the story of the building itself and the funeral garden, the public will find out about the creative work of the author of the building, architect Ferdinand Milucky, who was a member of the first Slovak postwar architectural generation. The texts of Matús Dulla in English and Slovak are accompanied by the art photographs of Olja Triaska Stefanovic, that gently capture the changes of crematorium and it's surroundings during different seasons. The book is published on the 50th anniversary of the first Slovak crematory
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 122-123
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Text slowakisch und englisch
Language:
Slovak
Keywords:
Bratislava
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Krematorium
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