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In this essay, Fidan Bagirova, the niece of Azerbaijani architect Shafiga Zeynalova, writes about the life and work of Zeynalova.
In this essay, Christina Klausmann writes about the cuban architects Matilde Ponce Copado and Alberto Robaina, who developed a type of school building that was easily expandable due to its hexagonal and geometric shape. Their schools were built throughout the island in order to make education accessible, primarily to the rural population.
In this essay, Antonia Heesen writes about Franziska Linkerhand who is a fictional character and the main protagonist of an eponymous book written by the East-German author Brigitte Reimann (1933 – 1973). This essay provides a closer look at the way Franziska Linkerhand’s built environment is described and linked to the socialist structures she lives in and how this influences her own work as an architect.
In this essay, Julia Rolka writes about Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak, an architect born in Poland. She was the first woman, who got an university degree as a female architect in Wrocław. She planned housing estates, churches and residental buildings, especially in Wrocław after WWII, and also worked as an urban planer.
This essay, written by Dorothea Blank, discusses the work, the political stance and the feminist belief of the architect Karola Bloch. It gives an insight into her architectural projects in the GDR.
