1923-2020 The Hungarian-born French architect and urban planner Yona Friedman – perhaps the last of the great utopian masters of the 20th century – passed away in Paris on 21 February 2020 at the age of 96. After World War II, when being Jewish almos

Carlos Verdaguer   “Every system that does not grant freedom of decision-making to those who must suffer the risks derived from a badly made decision, is an immoral system. Yet this is exactly the process being followed by architects and urban planners: they make the d

The Architect's Newspaper   Matt Hickman   Yona Friedman, the Hungarian-born French architect and urban planner whose 1956 manifesto Mobile Architecture argued that the built environment, above anything else, should empower its inhabitants to take charge of their own individual destinies, has

kiesler.org   The award, with a substantial prize-money of 55,000 euros, is presented alternately by the Republic of Austria and the City of Vienna every two years “for outstanding achievements in the field of architecture and the arts that conform to Frederick Ki

Eva Birkenstock   El trabajo de Yona Friedman y Eckhard Schulze-Fielitz formó parte de las propuestas utópicas que renovaron el debate moderno; una exposición en el KUB Arena de Bregenz presenta su obra y actualiza su singular legado. 

Carlos Verdaguer   El llamamiento a una ‘arquitectura científica’ del húngaro Yona Friedman despertó la imaginación de los arquitectos jóvenes radicales de finales de los años sesenta y principios de los setenta, en un momento en que se anunciaban los primeros síntomas

Enrique Krahe   Los Fondos Regionales de Arte Contemporáneo franceses llevan a cabo con apoyo estatal una intensa labor de adquisición, estudio y difusión de diferentes manifestaciones artísticas. Desde 1992, el FRAC de la Région Centre ha apostado por concentrar su

Yona Friedman Manuel Orazi   The Dilution of Architecture

María Inés Rodriguez   Architecture with the People, by the People, for the People

Yona Friedman   Barcelona  2006  
Actar Publishers   - 318 Pages 

Orleans  2003  
Editions HYX   - 573 Pages