A new book about the most beautiful wedding halls in Slovakia. They are like time capsules—just open them, and you’ll find art and design from 50 years ago. They might have gone unnoticed if not for the research of Sabina Jankovičová. Photographer Matej Hakár visited and documented them—from Bratislava to Sabinov, from Pernek to Čabraďský Vrbovok, from Strečno to Lazy pod Makytou. In the book, you can also read about the significance of ceremonies for society in a text by ethnologist Zuzana Beňušková, as well as the history of wedding fashion in an overview by curator Zuzana Dedík Šidlíková.

Texts: Sabina Jankovičová, Zuzana Beňušková, Zuzana Dedík Šidlíková
Photographs: Matej Hakár
Book design: Terézia Denková, Barbara Kowalczuková
Pages: 320
Copies: 3,000
Size: 24 × 32 cm
First edition December 2024
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In 2022, the largest cultural and social facility in Slovakia, an icon of post-war modernism, was demolished at Trnavské Mýto in Bratislava. This building had served for barely 40 years, and authorities were considering its designation as a national cultural monument. How was it possible that it was demolished without approval for a new investment plan? The book by Henrieta Moravčíková and Peter Szalay analyzes the creation and demise of the House of Trade Unions, Technology, and Culture — renamed Istropolis in 1990. The book is accompanied by photographs from all stages of Istropolis’s existence. Ľubo Stacho photographed the opening in 1981, Hertha Hurnaus captured the utopia in 2004, Olja Triaška Stefanović documented the decay from 2018 to 2021, and Matej Hakár captured the demolition in 2022.

Texts: Henrieta Moravčíková, Peter Szalay
Photographs: Ľubo Stacho, Hertha Hurnaus, Olja Triaška, Matej Hakár
Book Design: Ľubica Segečová
Timeline: Monika Bočková, Henrieta Moravčíková, Peter Szalay, Laura Krišteková, Katarína Haberlandová
Reviewers: Rostislav Švácha, Matúš Dulla
Editorial Support: Martin Lipták, Michal Tornyai
Editorial Revision: Nataša Holinová, Martin Lipták
English Translation: Jonathan Gresty
Print Run: 2200 copies
Number of Pages: 240
Printing and Binding: Protisk, České Budějovice
Font: Monument Grotesk
Papers: Arctic Volume White, Munken Lynx, Pop‘Set Extra Black, Symbol Freelife Raster
Dimensions: 24 × 33.3 × 1.8 cm
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The most important buildings of modernism in Slovakia, the list of which is not definitive.
The new 704-page book captures the development of Slovak architecture of the 20th century on the example of 101 buildings.
From the Mound at Bradla to the Slovak Radio to the architects’ houses designed to the last detail.
The selection of 101 works in various locations from Bratislava to Trebišov was commissioned by DOCOMOMO, an international institution dedicated to the preservation of monuments of modern architecture. The texts by the collective of the Department of Architecture of the Historical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences are accompanied by photographs by Matej Hakár.

Texts: Henrieta Moravčíková, Monika Bočková, Katarína Haberlandová, Laura Krišteková, Gabriela, Smetanová, Peter Szalay
Photographs: Matej Hakár
Book design: Michal Tornyai
Number of pages: 704
Number of copies: 3000
Size: 20,8 × 26,8 × 5,8 cm
First edition November 2024
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The great book of power plant architecture in Slovakia – from historic hydroelectric and thermal power plants to atomic machines. In Slovakia, there are still plants preserved today that function as living museums. They have remained unchanged since the time of the Titanic and continue to supply electricity to the grid as long as there are people to replace the parts. Industrial architecture historians Eva Belláková and Veronika Chládeková, together with photographer Matej Hakár, visited 21 selected facilities from Bratislava through Mochovce, Upper Nitra, Kremnica, Kežmarok, and Vojany. These facilities reflect the development of 20th-century architecture. However, environmental impact has become the new priority.

Texts: Eva Belláková, Veronika Chládeková, Martin Lipták, Katarína Velschmidt, Ľudovít Hallon, Pavla Lényiová, Danica Pišteková
Photographs: Matej Hakár
Collaboration: Katarína Antalová
Book design: Ľubica Segečová
Maps and diagrams: Zuzana Kovaľová, Veronika Chládeková, Eva Belláková
Editorial support: Martin Lipták, Michal Tornyai
Editorial revision: Nataša Holinová, Martin Lipták
Print run: 2,500 copies
Number of pages: 272
Printing and binding: Protisk, České Budějovice
Font: Monument Grotesk
Paper: Arctic Volume White, Peyer Surbalin Glatt, Colorplan Bright Red
Dimensions: 24.5 × 30.5 × 2.5 cm
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