This booklet contains the inaugural lectures of Fritz Schumacher and Heinrich Tessenow given on the occasion of their appointment respectively as professors at the Technical University in Dresden and The Art Academy in Dresden. The lectures provide novel insights into their understanding of architecture and into their proposals for reform of architectural education. they are proceeded by an introductory essay of the guest editor architectural historian Hartmut Frank.@en

Inaugural speeches have long been unique moments in the careers of academics in many countries: they offer time to pause, to reflect, and to envision new approaches. Planners, and architects in particular, have used such speeches to tie together insights into design work and education and to offer a programmatic view on their own role in the academic community. This series presents inaugural lectures – translated into English and contextualized with scholarly introductions – to unlock information for comparative research and set the stage for new investigations. For example, scholars can use these works to explore educational activities in the built environment or to study the dissemination of planning and design ideas.@en

This small booklet contains the inaugural speeches of J.H. van den Broek and J.B. Bakema given on the occasion of their appointment as professors at the Technical College of Delft. The speeches provide novel insights into their respective teaching programs, and into the dynamics of their time. An analytical reflection of their work is given by architectural historian Evelien van Es. @en

This small booklet contains the inaugural speeches of Gunawan Tjahjono and Josef Prijotomo on their appointments as professors at the University of Indonesia and Surabaya Institute of Technology, 10 November. The texts provide novel insights into their respective approaches to Indonesian architecture, and appear here for the first time in English. An analytical reflection on their work by the architectural historian Abidin Kusno introduces them.@en

This small booklet contains the inaugural speeches of Th. K. van Lohuizen and Cor van Eesteren on their appointments as professors at the Technical College of Delft. The texts provide novel insights into their respective teaching programs, and appear here for the first time in English. An analytical reflection on their work by the architectural historian Herman van Bergeijk introduces them. @en