What’s it like to lead an editorial team and oversee the content strategy of an architecture magazine? The editors-in-chief of ERA21 interview their predecessors to find out.

Designed by architect Michal Brix and completed in 1991, the Křižík Pavilions were originally intended for the General Czechoslovak Exhibition. More than thirty years later, they remain an important part of the Prague Exhibition Grounds. After years of intensive use, the pavilions underwent a large-scale revitalization that brought technical modernizations and new multifunctional possibilities. In addition to interior improvements—which feature a predominantly industrial aesthetic—the pavilions now include green roofs that contribute to sustainability and improve the urban microclimate. The result is a space for exhibitions, relaxation, and social life.

Each day, the consequences of Donald J. Trump’s re-election as President of the United States become more evident—not only for Americans but also for people around the interconnected world. Although the disruptive effects of the economic and foreign policies of his administration receive constant attention, their equally disruptive impact on architecture in the US obtains less notice.

I recently came across issues of Architektura ČSR from 1946 and Architekt from 1949 that somehow ended up in my home library. I imagined my grandchildren flipping through ERA21 in eighty years with the same fascination, trying to understand how we saw architecture and what topics were considered important. An architecture magazine is a lasting record. As Rostislav Koryčánek—founding editor of ERA21, originally focused on ecological building (ERA21 = Ecology, Realization, Architecture for the 21st Century)—once said: “Architecture is incredibly fragile, and what we write about it is incredibly fleeting. In that sense, digital media are at a disadvantage. ERA21 maps the terrain of architecture and related themes—and preserves it for the future.”

Reaching the twenty-five-year milestone is no small thing for a specialist publication, and we believe it’s worth celebrating. This issue is our way of doing that. But rather than celebrating ourselves, we look back at the last twenty-five years of architecture more broadly—and forward, too, through interviews with today’s youngest architects. It’s striking to realize that most of them weren’t even born when ERA21’s first issue came out.