In Praise of the Appropriate Dimensions of a City

The Dialogue Between the Prince, the Architect and the Philosopher Text: Ferenc Hörcher The discourse tells us the legend of ever growing cities. But are small and medum-size towns sentenced actually to death by development which is supposed to be determined historically? In the article below I am trying to phrase the praise of small […]

Vírus and Development of Economy

Annual Conference of the Hungarian Urbanistics Society, 2020   Text: Zsófia Szarka, Julianna Szabó The 26th national annual conference of the Hungarian Urbanistics Society was held online in the middle of November. The first two days were opened with lectures on the current pandemic situation, firstly by Roger Keil, professor of the Toronto York University, […]

Garden Design and Literature

A Volume of Book and Conferences, October 2020 Text: Ágnes Herczeg The workshops are organised with regard to the issues of garden and landscape design that we find interesting and remarkable. The series of events held in FUGA were organised by the Historical Gardens section of ICOMOS MNB and the Garden Design and Art Institute […]

The Disquieted Muses

Historic exhibition instead of Venice Biennale La Biennale di Venezia, to mark the 125th anniversary of its foundation, presents Le muse inquiete (The Disquieted Muses). When La Biennale di Venezia Meets History, an exhibition by the Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts – ASAC, held in the Central Pavilion of the Giardini della Biennale from August […]

The New Empire of Waters

Nature-Friendly Innovation Against Climate Change Text: Bálint Botzheim A key agent in climate change in the Carpathian Basin happens to be water, of which we temporarily have too much or too little. In spring and early summer sudden showers and downpours are often accompanied by flash floods. In the latter half of the summer, however, […]