A call to action for the architecture and design communities to support Ukraine.

To The International Architecture Community and Beyond,   As architecture magazines that have always been engaged in social issues, we take action to oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine and support Ukrainians by all means we have. Killing innocent people, violating human rights, destroying cities and disinformation actions must be stopped by all means. We…

Othernity, or Modernism Revisited: 12 Budapest Buildings and Their New Lives

How to reconcile the past and the present? What new functions can post-World War II 20th-century architecture serve? Daniel Kovács, the curator of the Hungarian Pavilion at the 17th Venice Biennale, posed these questions to 12 architecture practices he invited to partake in the project Othernity. The effects can be seen in the Hungarian Pavilion…

Like never before, architecture has to follow the changes occurring in the world: on nominations for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

Like never before, architecture has to follow the changes occurring in the world: on nominations for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022   Marcin Szczelina   Houses, office buildings, streets, schools—all buildings whose rigid form is dictated by pre-existing architectural norms and their socially accepted functions have been degraded once and for all.  …

„helping the kids is the priority” – an interview with Karpiel Steindel Architektura

Last year the studio Karpiel Steindel Architektura donated a tailor-made design of a private house to the Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy (The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity), Poland’s biggest charity event that raises money for paediatric care. The studio’s contribution sparked interest among architects and the general public. We talked to Jan Karpiel-Bułecka Jr. to…