Three in One-The National Concert Hall, the Festival Theatre and the Ludwig Museum
Three in One-The National Concert Hall, the Festival Theatre and the Ludwig Museum

Summary/Abstract: The Palace of Arts is Central Europe’s most modern arts centre. It is the dimensions of Gábor Zoboki’s block-shaped building that first catch the eye. Geometrically cool and elegant, it provides a favourable background to the overdecorated National Theatre into which it seems to blend when viewed from a distance. Immense and intimate spaces are at times combined with remarkable originality. The Palace of Arts can take on as many aspects as it has sides. While the National Theatre unfortunately does not ”look on to” anything in particular and appears to harmonise neither with the river nor with the city, the Palace of Arts clearly coheres with the Danube embankments at the Lágymányos Bridge.

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