A Long-Forgotten House by Medgyaszay in the Civil Servants’ Housing Estate

Text: Eszter Baldavári  Celebrating the 140th anniversary of the birth of architect István Medgyaszay, professionals with the Museum of Hungarian Architecture have been surveying and mapping all the works of the architect located in Budapest in the year 2017. The author of this article has come upon documents whilst participating in this project that prove […]

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A pseudo-Medgyaszay house in Buda Text: Renáta Herczeg, Endre Prakfalvi  The main facade of the building at No. 24 Retek Street bears characteristics of Art Nouveau style. Built by master architect István Schumy in 1889, it is a single-storey residential building with a – nyeregtető The original structure was extended with two additional storeys by […]

Memorial House and Archives

István Medgyaszay’s Dwelling-House on Gellért Hill Text: Eszter Götz  Photos: András Surányi J.  The house standing on the slopes of Gellért Hill treasures a unique archives. As a result of efforts made by the family and especially by Zoltán Bartha, Medgyaszay’s son-in-law, it was salvaged in good conditions to function now as a well-kept systemized […]

Architect István Medgyaszay 1877–1959

Memorial Exhibition Pest Vigadó, Septermebr 20th, 2017 Room Károly Kós, Association of Hungarian Architects, September 25th-October 6th The conference commemorating the 14th anniversary of István Medgyaszay in Vigadó, Pest is completed with an exhibition that surveys the oeuvre of the architect as well as a systemized cmprehensive presentation of buildings by Medgyaszay, including those reconstructed […]

Design Contest for the New Budapest Velodrom

The aim of the design contest for the new Budapest Velodrom was published by the Hungarian government to design a closed velodrom able to perform a variety of functions simultaneously, in accordance with the relevant criteria of the national sports association that could be suitable on the regional level to host bicycle races, practices, trainings […]

Design Contest for the New Budapest Velodrom

The aim of the design contest for the new Budapest Velodrom was published by the Hungarian government to design a closed velodrom able to perform a variety of functions simultaneously, in accordance with the relevant criteria of the national sports association that could be suitable on the regional level to host bicycle races, practices, trainings […]

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