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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
On the Life, Death and Art of György Csete (1937–2016) Text: Miklós Sulyok Fotó: Zsitva Tibor György Csete had a basic principle on architecture which is best summed up as architecture in Hungarian. To use Hungarian language in architecture instead of foreign ones. His architecture, however, was filled with universal contents: however, it was his […]
Digital Power Plant and National Film History Theme Park, Ózd Architect: Györgyi Csontos Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Ózd, which used to be an industrial centre based on metallurgy back in the Socialist era, had ultimately demolished its factory plant simultaneously with the change of the political system in 1990 when there was a […]
Almásy Mansion, Visitors’ Centre, Gyula Architects: László Földes, Csaba Balogh Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The very first building of the mansion in Gyula was built by János György Harruckern, who was given the area as a reward for his services to King Charles III of Hungary after the withdrawal of the Turkish conquerors […]
Ruins of Valide Sultana Baths; Ellátó – Arkt Arts Centre Architects: Tas Komáromi (Valide Sultana); Gábor Fábián, Dénes Fajcsák (Ellátó – Arkt Arts Centre) Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: József Hajdú Eger has been enriched with two developments recently which have the potentials to evolve into genuine venues in the depth of this town of modest […]