2050. Millénniumi Templom, Csíkszereda

 

Dear Attila,

"My buildings do not come from me. They come from the

landscape, from the local environment, and from the 

ancient human spirit." (Imre Makovecz)

Respectfully,

R

1883. Bucureşti Aeroportul Internaţional Băneasa

 

Dear David,

The historic Bucharest Băneasa Air Terminal was built
between 1947 and 1952 resembling the shape of a 
gigantic propeller with three blades for each of the 
three concourses. The building is an national 
architectural landmark.

All the best,
R  

1429. Baia Mare. Palatul politico-administrativ

Dear Maria,

"Light does not come from light, but from darkness"
(Mircea Eliade)

Best,
R

1282. Eforie, Vila Blank vedere die Avion

Dear Ernie,

"The art of the architects is often one and the same as that of the potter, translated to a larger scale and with a fuller play of light and shade" (George Matei Cantacuzino)

Best regards,
R

1126. Bucaresti, B-dul Take Ionescu

Dear Elena,

The cinema Scala in Bucharest was built by one of 

the leader architects of the 1930s pioneering Modernist movement in Germany: Rudolf Fränkel. He was also 

the designer of the Lichtberg Cinema, another celebrated film theater built in Berlin in 1929, that shares with the Scala its reminiscences of the compelling expressionist architecture of Erich Mendelsohn.

Kind regards,
R

1109. Sanatorium Bucegi, Predeal

Dear Georges,

Marcel Janco, the leading advocate of Constructivism in
eastern Europe, was along with his brother Jules the
architect of the private sanatorium of Predeal, outside
of Bucharest. Marcel Janco was a leading Romanian
Jewish architect and art theorist, and the co-creator of
Dadaism.

Best wishes,
R

1024. Bucaresti, Calea Victoriei. Palatul Adriatica

Dear Adrian,

Although I know your favorite city is Tel-Aviv 

I'm sending you a vintage postcard of Bucharest, 

another city that you like too. The building in the 

picture is the Adriatica Asigurarea Building, a 

hidden jewel of Modernist architecture. It was 

built in 1935 by German-Jewish architect Rudolf 

Fränkel who had to flee from Nazi Germany in 

1933. Fränkel also completed another fantastic 

Modernist building of Bucharest: the Scala cinema.

Best regards,
R

548. Bucuresti, Palatul Asiguraii Romanesti

Dear Marcel,

The Asigurarea Romaneasca (ARO) insurance building
in Bucharest was the first important modernist structure
in Romania. Horizontal lines, consistent with urban
circulation of motor vehicles, and simplicity of forms are
the two main features of this building.

Sincerely,
R