In a piece entitled ?An architect appalled at communism and consumerism alike? published on October 1, Heathcote said Makovecz was ?one of the most remarkable and deeply political architects of the twentieth century?. Makovecz used architecture ?as a form of political rebellion?, pitting his own organic work against the pre-fabricated solutions of the Soviet Era, he said.
After the fall of communism, Makovecz found his opposition in globalisation, consumer society and corrupt politics, Heathcote said.
?Too wedded to the Hungarian landscape and language?, Makovecz was ?an international inspiration and an untranslatable phenomenon?.
?Poetic, charismatic, endlessly generous and indomitable, he was a uniquely Hungarian figure and a truly great man,? Heathcote wrote.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: MTI
