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Today’s comparative analysis of professional journalistic cultures has quite developed methodologies but relies on national level of comparison, which might be misleading. We test whether, in Russia of 2010s, the structure of professional journalistic community is as diverse and fragmented as the media system itself – and, thus, whether it can be perceived as a whole, unlike journalistic cultures in the West. The cleavages include generational ones as well as value-based ones, the latter being reflected in jour...

The transformation of the former barracks areas is a long-term topic not only in Slovakia but also abroad. Their role and value change over time in cities. The current cultural and historical values and the value of the potential development itself is a discussed topic. The paper aims to map and evaluate the transformation processes and urban structures of selected barracks in Slovakia. By these examples, we describe individual trends and methods of working with the public space and the buildings themselves. The i...

The objective of the article is the investigation of architectonic structure transformations occurring in single-family housing districts, resulting from individual actions of owners of particular properties. The transformations particularly concern several tens of years old (and older) houses with a low cubic capacity. For the purpose of adjustment to modern standards and needs, they are subject to often very extensive transformations. The selected study area was the Z.O.R. na Kole district (located in Warsaw, in...

Hospitals and hospital complexes represent an important function in the urban fabric of cities. As usually closed and impassable areas, they have specific requirements for a good accessibility and for a constant implementation of innovations in healthcare and technologies. Old hospital complexes situated in city centres and their outdated hospital buildings are often not able to adopt the advances in healthcare and they become dysfunctional. New modern hospital complexes are developed in more suitable urban locati...

In the sixteenth century, after the austerity of the medieval atmosphere,and the perfect harmony of the Renaissance forms, the rich and cultured commission of the European courts began to turn towards new architectural and expressive solutions. These new expressions, had a substantial purpose: to amaze, to distance themselves from such elegant perfection as if one wanted to declare a certain "boredom" towards the now consolidated splendor. Today, in the yacht design world we are witnessing what we could call a for...

The document defining the spatial development policy of the city in Poland is study of conditions and directions of spatial management. For proper planning of public spaces, it is crucial that the study fulfills its regulatory functions accurately, protects the common good against the market game and against usurpation of these areas for non-social functions. Therefore, planning records should determine the accurate localization and ensure, within the designated boundaries, two things: firstly, a place for anticip...

Camera is a fundamental apparatus in filmmaking. There are many possibilities offered on the market and making a choice is difficult especially for non-professionals or film enthusiasts. It is not always about money one is willing to pay for the technology to make good film. When one is deciding which camera to buy it is good to know what it will be used for. This article deals with the topic of universality of apparatuses and basic premises for the utilisation of camera in movie making. The camera is simply a tec...

As more and more aspects of the design and manufacturing process move into the digital environment, the way that design is being taught becomes an up to date topic. The novelty of digital technologies makes the transition from the analogical environments to be seen as a natural and unavoidable event, taking into account their alleged superiority. Traditional means are perceived as being outdated, without taking into account all their strengths and weaknesses. Even though in some fields of application this particul...

William Hazlitt’s “Lectures on English Comic Writers” were delivered in 1818 at Surrey Institution and immediately after, they were published. Two centuries later the list of authors discussed in the “Lectures” by Hazlitt still draws University lecturers’ attention around the world. Poetry and plays by William Shakespeare and Ben Johnson, Cowley’s and Vanbrugh’s comedies, Alexander Pope’s poems, Addison’s and Steele’s periodical essays, Fielding’s, Richardson’s, Smollett’s and Goldsmith’s novels...

The article presents examples of workers’ colonies, both realized as well as in the design phase, in what today is the area of Wroc?aw and its surroundings, though at the time of their establishment most were located in the neighbouring communes. These are housing estates constructed near the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, i.e.: next to Schoeller’s spinning mill in Stab?owice, which became a part of the city in 1928, next to the sugar refinery in Klecina, and the railway workers’ estate “W...