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Charlotte Arden

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Contemplating the end: architect Štefan Šlachta speaks about the Kyjev.

Minds meet to weigh fate of Hotel Kyjev

TWENTY international artists and architecture theorists took part in a site-specific symposium at Bratislava's icon of modernist architecture, the Hotel Kyjev, between April 4 and 13.

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Hotel Kyjev was designed by Ivan Matušík, a leading figure in Slovak modern architecture.

Jewel of modernist architecture slated for demolition

TIMES and tastes change, and while the Hotel Kyjev’s 15 floors of Brutalist splendour which loom over the heart of Bratislava might not be to everyone’s liking, a not-so silent minority is trying to prevent its demolition and the planned development of the wider Kamenné námestie area.

Ulrich Seidl

Seidl retrospective rattles film festival

AS THE scent of buttered popcorn and cigarette smoke permeated Aupark’s Palace Cinemas, where the 9th Bratislava International Film Festival wrapped up on December 7, there was one name on everybody’s lips: Ulrich Seidl.

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