The 14th issue of speech: is dedicated to architecture for children. The generation growing up today has been the focus of architects and urban planners like never before: for testing various teaching methods and systems the most advanced buildings are being built, many of which are ahead of their time. The most striking edifices built for children have been gathered within the covers of this issue—kindergartens and schools, recreation centers and playgrounds, libraries, museums, and cafes. At a time when investment in human capital has become perhaps the most promising, the typology of architecture for children has indeed reached its maximum diversity. In looking through hundreds of buildings for little ones, this issue highlights not simply the most innovative or striking sites, but those that have contributed to the transformation of cities, creating in them a truly fulfilling and child-friendly urban environment.

The 16th issue of speech: will center on the theme of the “vernacular.” It will focus on both the array of architectural traditions that prevail in a particular region, and the materials which brought, and continue to bring these traditions to life. Vernacular architecture in its pure form needless to say remains in the past, however its spot on precision in finding technologies and materials is once again extremely relevant—in the context of sustainable development requirements. Although primarily a structure’s environmental friendliness is regarded as the reduction of CO2 emissions, no less important as “green” features in buildings are their longevity and relevance within the context. The priority in using local materials has ecological and economic value, but also has an important cultural and educational mission: not only in promoting the region’s heritage, but also in making buildings more intuitively understandable and familiar to their future users. All of this makes us think that “vernacular” is one of the most significant trends in contemporary architecture, capable of making its development more harmonious and at the same time truly diverse.

When speaking about the age of cities, the focus is usually on the highly dense cores of megacities. However, urbanization and urban growth do not only mean densification and the development of city centers. Many new centers are developing on the periphery of metropolises, either through the regeneration of abandoned industrial areas, or as completely newly planned cities.

The 18th issue of speech: is dedicated to this development. Current case examples such as Smart City Malta, Drammen in Norway, Newark in the USA, and the Hunziker-Areal in Zurich are examined with regard to planning strategies and qualities such as their human scale, sustainable neighborhoods, and usage mix. The main contributions in the volume are by Kees Christiaanse, KCAP architects and planners (Rotterdam) and Kongijan Yu, founder of Turenscape (China).

The twentieth issue of speech: magazine will be devoted to the theme of landscape. The topic of investigation will be the harmonious interaction between architecture and nature, both in rural areas and within the boundaries of modern megalopolises. What is a modern park and what structures can be integrated into landscapes? The projects represented in this issue show a wide variety of forms and techniques for creating man-made landscapes for the twenty-first century.

The media space is one of the most essential in today’s society. Media spaces are of many different kinds, including media rooms of whatever type, exhibition spaces, and communications and TV studios, as well as the various media facades that make the boundary between physical and virtual reality increasingly artificial. How media technologies can enrich architecture and what architectural tasks they make it possible to achieve are two of the most important questions that we shall be looking at in the twenty-second issue of speech:.