Club Tihany, Balaton

Brainstorming competition for university and college students Organized by the Real Estate Developers Roundtable Association (IFK), the “Health Complex of the Future” brainstorming comptition is about to reveal concepts, ideas and visions of the rehabilitation of the emblematic institution of the Psychiatry and Neurology Health Centre (OPNI) in Budapest. Entry deadline: 31 October 2015 Information: […]

Vándoriskola 2015

The “Vándoriskola” of the Kos Karoly Association announced admission for young architects. “Vándoriskola” 2015 admission design: drawings for the Budakalász archeological site and the attached community center Deadline: 2 September 2015 More information, contact: Lőrinc Csernyus Triskell Kft. 1034 Budapest, Kecske utca 25. tel/fax: +36 1 388-1707 e-mail: triskell@t-online.hu vandoriskola.hu

MÉSZ – General Assembly

Vigadó, Budapest, 4 May 2015 MÉSZ (the Association of Hungarian Architects) held its regular annual general meeting on May 4th, 2015 in the Makovecz Hall of Vigadó in Pest. In his speech chairman László György Sáros surveyed the professional achievements of the past year, the professional policy of the Association, its cultural activities, reported about […]

János Hild Prize 2015

21st National Conference of Urbanism, May 24th, 2015 Text and photos: MUT Year by year since 1968, the Hungarian Association of Urbanism has handed over the individual award named after János Hild, who had been the designer of the very first development plan of Budapest. As a rule, this recognition goes to professionals with excellent […]

Open-mindedness and Experimentation

The Month of Landscape Architecture, 2015 Text: Ágnes Bechtold Photos: Attila Glázer April is a month devoted to landscape design and architecture. This year the rich variety of programmes on offer associated with it continued even in May, including three events for professionals: besides the ceremony of handing over The Landscape Designer of the Year […]

The World of Pure White

Erzsébet Teaching Hospital New Diagnostics Block Architect: Zoltán Tima Text: Gábor Winkler Photos:Tamás Bujnovszky Based in Sopron, the Erzsébet Teaching Hospital has a brand new diagnostics block erected on a site which necessitated a carefully conceived and compact design with dense configuration as the terrain is a steep slope. Design work was further enhanced by […]

A 100-unit Apartment House

A Passive Tenement House in Angyalföld Architects: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus, Dániel Déri, Bence Várhidi, Tamás Kiss Text: Krisztián Dudics Photos: Zsolt Batár, Tamás Szentirmai Commissioned by District 13 of Budapest, a new passive house was built containing a total of 100 dwelling units. To minimize the costs of maintenance was equally beneficial for the […]

Live, Like Fish in Water

István Fekete Visitors’ Centre, Kaposvár, Lake Deseda Architect: Árpád Boa Text: János Géczi Photos: József Hajdú Established in 2014, the Visitors’ Centre on the shores of Lake Deseda near Kaposvár is named after István Fekete, who was born in Somogy county. Just as important as the surrounding area well-prepared for the reception of masses of […]