For fans of Budapest and those interested in architectural history, the name of the Járitz villa sounds familiar, as one of the top pieces of modern architecture between the two world wars. However, the reader is not merely holding a book on the history of architecture. This book is about much more: life paths that, although branching out, still lead in the same direction. In the photo of the house published in the Tér és forma magazine in 1943, a brown-haired lady is walking under the arcades holding hands with a little boy. Above them is the generous terrace of the house, in the background is a forest. This little boy id. István Járitz. In the book, through her and her siblings, Lilla and Csilla, history comes to life, but not just the history of the villa. The first chapter of the book is about the Járitz family, the second about the modernist Rózsádomb villa, and the third about the painter Józsa Járitz. The last chapter contains the artist's What is it that keeps the world in balance? also the first printed publication of his manuscript. It would be difficult to define the genre of this book, because family history, architecture history, local history, and art history perspectives merge in it, but what is most important is that the whole comes alive through the family's recollections. The childhood of the three brothers was not cloudless amid the storms of history, yet their stories reflect a determination, a life filled with faith and a clear vision from which we can all build. Fanni Izabella of Magyaróvár