2020

Text: Fanni Izabella Magyaróvári Owing to the very nature of their profession, architects genereally tend to take some work home, which has both advantages and disadvantages. We are hereby presenting some architects and applied artists who worked (also) from home, and there was the chance to take photographs of them to preserve these activities for […]

Éva Lovra: Cities in The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Urban Fabric and City Typology 1867-1918 Text: Tamás Meggyesi Maps are not only means of orientation, but also representations of our spatial awareness; this is one of the reasons why many architects have chosen this profession. This kind of magic fascinated Éva Lovra as well, who got her […]

Ilona Sármány-Parsons: Art Life in Vienna during the Reign of Franz Joseph as viewed by Lajos Hevesi Text: György Szegő The author, Ilona Sármány-Parsons is a widely recognized expert of the history of painting in the era of the dualistic Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, based in Budapest, Vienna and London, and doing research work into the era […]

COVID-19’s Impact on Hospital Designs Text: Zoltán Schrammel „The world is sick”, this is what Le Corbusier wrote briefly in 1967 when forming his views on urban design. The eternal truth of this statement would be difficult to refute or question, but there is no doubt it is definitely true as of today, in the […]

The Homo Sapiens and the Big Issue Text: András Nagy In the wake of Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens, the article below surveys the global crises and the situations ensuing in the early 21st century, including consecutive global revolutions in history, as well as the potential visions of the future.