Scheme by TÉR-TEAM Ltd, First Prize Concept and text: Gábor Szabó, András Szende, Kristóf Attila Juhász The primary goal of the tender was to reconstruct the landscape and revive the existing flora, whilst enriching the ecological and utilization functions of the Museum Gardens in line with the designs made by Ármin Petz in the 1850s. […]
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Prague Castle & Plečnik
Architektur im Ringturm, Vienna, 27. 06. – 23. 09. 2016 Prague Castle is one of the world’s largest preserved castle complexes, and is a symbol of the Czech Republic’s sense of national pride. To accompany this year’s artistic covering of the Ringturm designed by Czech artist Ivan Exner, the Architektur im Ringturm series will focus […]
Four days
Report on the Slovakian trip of the Hungarian Academy of Arts – Section of Architecture After a polish and transilvaian trip the Section of Architecture of the Hungarian Academy of Arts held their assembly in Kosice within a four day long trip in the neighborhood. The trip organized by Péter Pásztor contained many of architectural, […]
Exhibition of Andrea Häider
Medal for Hungarian Architecture The photo exhibition of Andrea Häider in the headquarters of the Association of Hungarian Architects focusses on the oeuvre of the architectural photographer receiving the Medal for Hungarian Architecture at the opening ceremony on 3rd October, 2016. The opening ceremony had a major part of the event series connecting to the […]
Hungarian Design Award 2016
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 24. 09. – 20. 11. 2016 „The objective of the Hungarian Design Award announced by the Minister for National Economy is to showcase the achievements of Hungarian design and to promote the competitiveness of Hungarian products.” The Hungarian Design Award is announced by the Hungarian Design Council on behalf of […]
Elytra Filament Pavilion
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 18. 05 – 06. 11. 2016 Elytra Filament Pavilion has been created by experimental German architect Achim Menges with Moritz Dörstelmann, structural engineer Jan Knippers and climate engineer Thomas Auer. Menges and Knippers are leaders of research institutes at the University of Stuttgart that are pioneering the integration of biomimicry, […]
TREES on Római! DAM on Nánási!
To protect the Római (Roman Coast) civilians organized a demonstration on 9 October, at 4 o’clock in the Római with the title Stand up to Római! They demand that consider the values of nature, trees and sand in the renewal plan of the coastline and ensure the Csillaghegy bay’s flood protection. PROGRAM 16.00: gathering in […]
Planning the future: BBB – Bartók Béla Boulevard
Ideas competition of the Defo Labor and the Cultural Eleven Association The announcers of the BBB ideas competition (Defo Labor, Cultural Eleven Associaition) are looking for answers what character of public space could best serve the regeneration of Béla Bartók Boulevard in Budapest, to ensure that this public space, commercial and transportation route serves better […]
World Architecture Day 2016
3 October 2016 The International Union of Architects (UIA), representing the world’s 1.3 million architects, announces the theme of World Architecture Day 2016 (Monday, 3 October 2016): “Design a Better World.” As the range of global challenges grows and intensifies, the role of architecture, planning and design are becoming ever more critical to ensuring a […]
The new chairman of MÉSZ
András Krizsán DLA The Association of Hungarian Architects (Magyar Építőművészek Szövetsége, MÉSZ) elected András Krizsán as its new chairman at the general assembly of the organisation on June 6th, 2016. The new vice chairmen to support his activities are György Kerekes, János Golda and Gábor Zoboki, whilst new members of the management are Csaba Kovács, […]
15th Venice Biennale of Architecture II.
The International Participation Text: György Szegő Photos: Hanna Szegő In our previous issue (2015/3) we have already presented the Hungarian exhibition at the recently opened –Venice Biennale. As we wrote there and then, the national pavilions do not follow the central slogan or they focus on it in an indirect way, which is yet another […]
Liget Project Landscape Design Contest
A Survey of the Winning Schemes Városliget Zrt. published a design contest calling for landscape designs in January, 2016 for the City Park, Budapest, which is to be developed in a comprehensive way, being the very first public park of Europe. Schemes are expected to present values of the area for garden history, as well […]