I was in Subotica earlier this week. It's a small town, near the Hungarian border in the province of Vojvodina. A background piece described the diversity of the community, naming Serbs, Hungarians and Ruthenians, among the population.
Ruthenians ?
I asked my staff, and knew nobody. When we asked someone from the region, he explained that they were a distinct ethnic group, usually associated with Ukraine. "Ah, Rusyns"Someone explained, and everyone nodded. One of Vojvodina's six official languages.
The architecture in the town was European, but like nothing I'd seen before - somewhere between Vienna and St. Petersburg, with the hint of a hallucinogen-driven design phase.
Turns out the theme is something known as Vienna Secession , a movement that wanted to show no influence of history, and linear ornamentation known as "whiplash or" eel style. "
Whatever. It just goes to show that you probably should not follow the trending style when you're designing a city hall.
Ruthenians ?
I asked my staff, and knew nobody. When we asked someone from the region, he explained that they were a distinct ethnic group, usually associated with Ukraine. "Ah, Rusyns"Someone explained, and everyone nodded. One of Vojvodina's six official languages.
The architecture in the town was European, but like nothing I'd seen before - somewhere between Vienna and St. Petersburg, with the hint of a hallucinogen-driven design phase.Turns out the theme is something known as Vienna Secession , a movement that wanted to show no influence of history, and linear ornamentation known as "whiplash or" eel style. "
Whatever. It just goes to show that you probably should not follow the trending style when you're designing a city hall.
Or maybe you should. Now I've seen everything.
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