Barren Places to Public Spaces: A History of Public Parks in Budapest, 1867 - 1914
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 154165
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Budapest City Archives
- ISBN
- 9786155635038
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - Architecture
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph is the product of ten years of doctoral and postdoctoral research. It is regarded a primary reference in understanding the development and international relationships of Hungarian landscape architecture due to its rigorous research and analysis of highly significant, previously unresearched archival sources. It had a formative influence on the intellectual agenda of Hungarian landscape history due to its focus on the international theoretical influences and knowledge transfer networks and not individual designers. Csepely-Knorr won a special jury award at the ‘Landscape Architect of the Year’ prize in Hungary in 2017, the first time it celebrated a research project.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Hungarian and English editions of this book were published in 2016. The book presents a rigorous analysis of a rich collection of visual and written primary sources, that had not been researched in the past. The book is significant as being the first to explore the development of Hungarian public open spaces in an international context and make these seminal plans and maps available to researchers and a public audience. Furthermore it has made an innovative contribution to the existing knowledge of public park theory of Hungary, by not just examining Hungarian examples in an international context, but also proving the theoretical advancement of landscape architects during a significant era of development between the creation of Budapest as we know today and the first World War. It is the only publication to address this either language, and because it is published in both Hungarian and English it also reaches audiences nationally and internationally. The work was presented at various peer-reviewed scientific conferences to test the significance of the newly discovered materials. The publication attracted major funding from both Hungarian and UK funding bodies with a first print run of 700 copies. Two years after the publication both edition were sold out. The publication was undertaken in collaboration with the Budapest City Archives. As a result of this a significant amount of the artefacts consulted have been digitalised and made publicly accesible. The book has been very well received and enabled me to achieve a Special Jury Award at the 'Landscape Architect of the Year Prize' in Hungary in 2017. The book has also successfully drawn scholars, professionals and the general public to the invaluable holdings of the Budapest City Archives. More widely it also changed the public perception of the values of existing public spaces in the built environment.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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