Contemporary Architecture in Romania During the Pandemic

A Survey of Interventions in the Countryside Text: Sarolta Rab The Romanian journal Zeppelin published an issue in the summer of 2021 titled Vidéken (La țară – In the Country) with a comprehensive introduction to survey in details the potentials of reactivating society with the means of rural vernacular architecture of the villages based on […]

An (Anti)social Architect

On a Review of Aravena Titled A Half-Happy Architecture Text: Balázs Rose 2016 was an exceptional year in Alejandro Aravena’s life. Besides the Pritzker Prize, the architect from Chile has also been acting as the chief curator of the 15th Venetian Architectural Biennale. It is quite a unique achievement that within a year, he received […]

From Layer to Layer

Printed house in Germany Text: Bálint Botzheim Germany’s first printed house, the single-family house printed by PERI using a COBOD BOD2 printer was opened in Beckum, North Rhine-Westphalia. With the first 3D printed residential building in the country, positive pressure is being generated in the construction industry: for innovative construction with new technologies, for greater […]