Budapest Municipal Government and Budapest Chamber of Architects published this year once again a joint contest titled the Budapest Architectural Award of Merit 2018 in order to promote and facilitate the development of architectural and environmental culture. The special task of the contest was to recognise and promote architectural works defining the cityscape, to introduce […]
Media Architectural Prize 2018
Founded by Erika Katalina Pásztor, who died at the beginning of November, the Media Architectural Prize was awarded the 14th times this year. The media jury of the ceremony held in Arts Palace Budapest rated the National Public Port of Győr-Gönyű as the best implemented building design (architects designers: Ádám Hatvani, Attila Korompay, Tibor Dékány), […]
Visegrád 4 Detached Houses 2018
Contest and Travelling Exhibition The Association of Hungarian Architects has organised the contest of V4 detached houses every year since 2008, and the year 2018 is no exception to this rule. The programme organised in cooperation between the Associations of Hungarian, Polish and Slovak Architects (MÉSZ, SARP and SAS respectively) as well as by the […]
A Nemzet Művésze 2018
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World Architecture Day 2018
Architects’ House, October 1st, 2018 Text: Eszter Götz The UIA, which is the international association of architects, celebrates the Architecture World Day on the first Monday of October every year. On this day, architects and other professionals do their best to draw attention to the social role of architecture. The Association of Hungarian Architecture organised […]
Hungary’s Gems – Our Man-Made Heritage
Photo Exhibition by the Association of Hungarian Architects Várkert Bazaar, August 28th-September 9th, 2018 Text: Association of Hungarian Architects At the end of August, the Association of Hungarian Architects organised an exhibition of photos recording recently facelifted historic monuments and the economization on our man-made values in the events hall of Castle Gardens Bazaar. This […]
Robert Venturi 1925–2018
Text: György Szegő Born as a child of immigrating parents from Italy, he got his degree in architecture and thus received a two-year grant in Rome in 1954. Enriched with experiences there, he returned to his country, and in the 1960s launched an attack against the American version of Modernism which he rated as exhausted. […]
Lajos Kozma Conference
Műcsarnok, 8-9 October 2018 Text: Pál Száva Photos: Magyar Építészeti Múzeum The conference associated with the exhibition titled Kozma Classic – The Budapesti Workshop and Lajos Kozma focussed on the rich and versatile oeuvre of the architect. The lectures presented his career starting with the years he had spent with Béla Lajta’s studio to his […]
The Budapest Workshop and Lajos Kozma
Műcsarnok, Budapest, 5 September – 2 December 2018 Text: György Szegő Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky It has been 70 years since the world famous architect, applied artist, graphic designer and educator Lajos Kozma passed away. To honour this exceptional creator, as a part of the Kozma Commemorative Year in 2018, Kunsthalle is launching a major series […]
The Missing Link
Rotterdam Architecture Biennale, June 1st-July 8th Text: Anna Zsoldos Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn ©IABR IABR, the architectural biennale organised in Rotterdam was launched in 2001, and this was the 8th time it took place now. During these years the event has evolved its character As a result, it specializes in urban development and urbanistics, focussing on […]
Cabin fever
Hello Wood Camp, Csórompuszta, July 7th-16th, 2018 Text: Anna Zsoldos Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Hello Wood’s project for this summer was a huge and risky task: during the ten days of the camp the team of students worked on building six houses that can be lived in. The programme was referred to as „Cabin Fever”. As […]