Book Launch
FUGA Budapest Architecture Center, 9 May 2015

On May 9 2015 the 4th edition in the Landscape Architecture Europe book series will be presented in Budapest. The book launch takes place at FUGA – Center for Architecture.

Programme

Welcome
14.30h Coffee
15.00h Kathryn Moore (LAE board)

Lectures
15.10h Lisa Diedrich, chief editor of LAE: the LAE book project – selection and content
15.30h Dominika Tihanyi (Ujirany Landscape Architects): public art projects in the Palace Quarter
15.45h Marinke Steenhuis, LAE essayist: Healing modernity – approaches in European landscape architecture

Ceremony
16.30 Kathryn Moore (LAE board) hands out first copies to Nigel Thorne, representative of IFLA Europe, Peter Schuchmann (Hungarian Chamber of Architects), György Alföldi (Jozsefvaros Rehabilitation & Urban Development Plc) and Gajus Scheltema, Dutch ambassador (to be confirmed)

Party
17.00 Drinks, snacks, chat

May 10 Excursion
11.00 – 14.00h Bus tour to landscape projects in Budapest, guided by Albert Fekete (Corvinus University).
Fee: 15 euros per person (this needs to be paid in cash)

Registration
Send an email to info@landscapearchitectureeurope.com before April 23. Please indicate if you want to join the excursion on Sunday.
Location: FUGA – Center for Architecture, 1052 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor utca 5.

Book information
The book will be available at the special price for members of IFLA Europe, ECLAS and all landscape architects who made an entry for the book. More information on the book in our next newsletter.

This publication has been made possible by the financial support of IFLA, Creative Industries Fund NL, NH Bos Foundation, Swiss Federation of Landscape Architects (BSLA), Dutch embassy, Józsefváros 8th District (City of Budapest) and many sponsors.

The book launch is connected to the 2015: Landscape Odyssey event. This exhibition represents the most significant works of Hungarian contemporary landscape architecture and demonstrates a cross section of landscape architecture in other Visegrad Countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland). The exhibition starts on May 7, on May 8 there is an international conference.

Landscape Architecture Europe 4 open call for entries had over 500 submissions, from which an international jury of professionals (Paolo Bürgi (chair), Monika Gora, Jandirk Hoekstra, Thierry Kandjee, Laura Zampieri) selected 44 projects of outstanding quality. The book is edited by Lisa Diedrich (editor-in-chief), Jessica Bridger, Mark Hendriks and Claudia Moll.