The “Hungarian Bauhaus”
Sándor Bortnyik’s Bauhaus-Inspired Budapest School Műhely 1928–1938

The examination of approaches, models and strategies for a redefinition of visual culture, the control of images and the shaping of perception made former Bauhäuslers interesting to the American establishment. Their knowledge was incorporated in the development of democratization tools that aid in the fight against fascism and, later, were strategically used against Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War.

Vom 4. bis zum 8. Oktober reist die Ausstellung bauhaus imaginista: Corresponding With nach Japan, genauer ins The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Mit Yuko Ikeda, einer der Kuratorinnen der Ausstellung, und Dr. Helena Čapková (Curatorial Researcher von bauhaus imaginista) sprachen wir über das universelle Bildungsprinzip des Bauhauses und seine Bedeutung für Japan und Indien.

The significance of Arieh Sharon’s postcolonial modernist architecture at Obafemi Awolowo University Campus at Ile-Ife is multi-dimensional. Built between 1960 and 1978, at first glance the campus core consists of an ensemble of modernist buildings. In this article Bayo Amole examines some of the physical and conceptual characteristics of the campus master plan and core area design in order to illustrate their significance as examples of postcolonial modernist architecture—identifying the most important aspects of their legacy, which has continued to guide the design of the campus as it has developed over the course of more than a half century.