From Functional Urban Planning to the Art of Shaping Cities: The Ring Roads of Antal Palóczi in Miskolc and Budapest

The study is focused on the unrealized plans for ring roads in Buda and Miskolc created by Antal Palóczi at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Palóczi’s approach combined functional urbanism with aesthetic principles rooted in the artistic shaping of urban spaces. This dual approach was aligned with contemporary urban planning trends, represented […]

The Forgotten Urbanist – Antal Palóczi

The practice of modern urban planning was somewhat delayed in turn-of-the-century Hungary (1867 – 1918). Consequently, it was not the innovators who developed the urban regulation principles, but those who summed up the experiences of their peers and adjusted them to solve domestic problems, among them Antal Palóczi. He prepared urban plans and proposals for […]