Parallel Urban Spaces from the 20th Century Architektur im Ringturm, Vienna, 7 March – 8 June 2018 Photos: Ringturm The first exhibition in 2018 in Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein’s popular Architektur im Ringturm series focuses on the architectural heritage of Budapest and Vienna in the 20th century. The exhibition spotlights architectural trends in both capitals between […]

Parallel Diversities between East and West Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest, 22 September 2017 – 8 April 2018 Opening 21 September 2017, the new exhibition at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, titled Sanghay – Shanghai. Parallel Diversities between East and West, links the emblematic oriental metropolis of Shanghai with the Sanghay […]

Illustrations from the Royal Academy Lectures of Sir John Soane Tschoban Foundation, Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin, 3 March – 17 June 2018 This new temporary loan exhibition is the third collaborative project between the Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin and Sir John Soane’s Museum, London. The exhibition showcases a series of remarkable drawings produced […]

Museum Künstlerakademie Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt 19 November 2017 – 18 March 2018 Photos: Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt Otto Bartning had a strong impact on architecture of the 20th century. From 1918 on, as a member of the Workers’ Council for Art, he developed pedagogical concepts that were later used by Walter Gropius when he founded the Bauhaus in […]

Brigitte Hamann’s legacy Vienna City Library, 2 June 2017 – 26 January 2018 Text: György Szegő Photos: Rathausbiblitothek Wien On October 4, 2016, historian and biographer Brigitte Hamann died of one of the most popular scientists in Austria, indeed German-speaking countries. She wrote her credo in a text for the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1995: […]