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The thought expressed by a clever but careless man once that there are artists and artists from habit became extremely topical in Kaunas on Friday. It was the first time that representatives of architecture, mother of all arts, and design creating contemporary life aesthetics and self-respect won the election of the most memorable artist of Kaunas during the period of more than 10 years instead of artists of the usual art genres.
The author known under the pseudonym of Vilis Normanas, who started his life in one Lithuanian province in 1985, who finished the Bachelor studies of philosophy at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and who became known as the author of novels and polemic articles early, has already become frustrated in Lithuania. The readers of his novels “Whisper“, “Sanctity”, “Grave of Nostradamus“ and articles in the press arising hot discussions do not still know the real name of the author and other details of his life. A message was spread now that the young incognito decided to leave Lithuania.
The Lithuanian Association of Art Historians organised a survey of its members “The Best and Worst Buildings of Independence Period in Historical Surroundings”. Radical reconstructions have destroyed originality of old buildings irreversibly, entire urban monuments are being ruined (e.g.,Vilnius Užupis, Žvėrynas sections, Kaunas New Town and Žaliakalnis). The examples of best reconstructions are from Kaunas.
Glass as a creative material hypnotises by its mystery. It is a sublime and patient material. It is important to learn to manage various technologies of processing glass. If you work with love, glass is always able to surprise you.
“There may be no casual details in the interior. A chair inside should not frown on clouds flying outside the window. They should be friendly and help owners rest, communicate and rejoice," the architect D.Čiuta is sure. He created an interior in a new multi-apartment house in Žaliakalnis for a family of Kaunas inhabitants, where the flat owners feel as if they were living in nature.
The winners of the contest of the Lithuanian Union of Architect “The Best Diploma Works of Architecture Students of 2008” were students of VGTU G.Gylytė (project “]city[ Prison in Pagiriai, Vilnius“) and V.Rinkūnaitė (project “Crematorium in Vilnius”). Kamane.lt has received information that the idea of the crematorium project caused doubts among architects that it had already been seen somewhere ostensibly. Is career started from plagiarism? Is this possible? Let the doubts be dispelled by the impartial comparison of information.
