2013, Volume 47, No. 1 – 2

2013, Volume 47, No. 1 - 2

Scientific studies

Problematic Aspects in the Historiography of Romanian Architecture

Ana Maria Zahariade
“All [of these countries] seem to be governed by the same principle of the identity crisis, of the conflictive absorption…

Progressive, Forward-Looking and Advanced. Hungarian Architecture and Modernity 1956 – 1962

Mariann Simon
In the immediate post-war years, modern architecture characterized the Hungarian scene: key positions of architectural practice and state construction administration…

Architectural and Town Planning Competitions in the Sixties. Their Specific Contribution to the History of Czechoslovak Modern Architecture

Lenka Popelová
Czechoslovak architecture during the “Golden Sixties” of the 20th century is interpreted by contemporary historians as a very important phase…

The Biological Universalism of Emanuel Hruška

Jan Dostalík, Zbyněk Ulčák
The present article describes the life, work and ideas of the architect, urban planner, university teacher and theorist of urban…

The Jewish Autonomous Region and the Czechoslovakian Jews: Hannes Meyer Writes on Birobidzhan

Raquel Franklin Unkind
With the partitions of Poland by the end of the 18th century, the Russian Empire acquired a large number of…

Behrens under the Surface. Restoration Survey of the Neolog Synagogue in Žilina

Daniela Cebecauerová, Peter Szalay, Ivan Pilný
In the entire architectural history of Slovakia, itis possible to find only a few works by architects of such international…

A Subtle Rendition of Stylistic Variations. Family Mausoleums in the Work of Michal Milan Harminc

Jana Pohaničová
The Kuffner family mausoleum in Sládkovičovo (1926) and the mausoleum in the village of Pomáz near Budapest (1912) are the…

Importance of the Right-Angled Triplet Geometry for the Theory of Proportion in Architecture: The Golden Ratio and its Applications

Stanislav Darula, Richard Kittler
The settled life-style in the first centres of civilisation had to satisfy new needs for safe and functional structures regarding…