Mihály Balázs Exhibition

Trafik, Dabas 16 October – 30 November 2014 Exhibition of the works made by Mihály Balázs DLA architect who has been awarded the Artist of the Year by the Trafik Kör.

V4 Family Houses 2014

V4 Family Houses 2013 Exhibition Association of Hungarian Architects, Ybl Miklós Hall, 6 October 2014 Several dozen of projects from Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary are shown at the V4 Family Houses exhibiton. The exhibition opened within the programmes of World Architecture Day in the headquarters of the Association of Hungarian Architects in October […]

Healthy Cities – Happy Cities

World Architecture Day in the Architects’ House 2014 The first Monday of October is traditionally about architecture all over the world. The UIA, as the international association of architects scheduled the world day of the profession for this day. The Association of Hungarian Architects has organised a variety of programmes for this year on the […]

Succisa virescit

The Manor of the Abbey and its Visitors’ Center, Pannonhalma Architects: Tamás Czigány, Róbert Papp Text: Dominika Vámos Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Built in the mid-18th century under the personal supervision of Benedek Sajghó Arch-Abbot who had been legendarily strict, the manor evolved into the economic centre of the former „sustainable” abbey. Thanks to him, the […]

From Forms to Materials and Back

Archbishop Vineyards, Almagyar – Wine Terrace and Vine Spa, Eger Architects: Péter Gereben, Balázs Marián Text: Levente Szabó Photos: Zsolt Frikker The annual architectural survey of Hungarian winery at the turn of the millennium and in the 2000s gave us the impression that every possible aspect and architectural concept has already been applied and tried […]

In Memory of the Master

Day Nursery, Csillaghegy Architect: Ágnes Kravár Text: Miklós Sulyok Photos: Tibor Zsitva „Variations of a Motif by Makovecz”, might as well have been a fitting title for my short article, as the new day nursery in Csillaghegy is a modified version of the one in Búza Street, Makó designed by Imre Makovecz regarding both its […]

The Art of Dancing in Hamstrings

Váci Greens Office Block, Budapest, Váci Street Archtiects: János Tiba, Zoltán Király Text:Mária Tatai Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Built on the site of the former Elzett factory, this complex was designed to consist of five buildings in an integral investment project with a well-reasoned scheme. Partly because of the previous development, a street grid along a […]

Ödön Lechner Centenary 2014

Ödön Lechner Centenary 2014 Text: György Szegő Ödön Lechner died 100 ago, in the summer of 1914. Although centennial celebrations are supposed to be associated with births, we guess it is quite in style to remember such a significant anniversary of someone’s death as the evaluation of Art Nouveau (Secession) and thus that of „the […]

Teaching While Building

Applying a comunity-based design method systematically during investment processes Text: János Vági Changes affecting our economic environment entail a natural transformation of architectural thinking, including its focus and in many cases its directions. The consequences of this are already evident in architectural design, in architectural theory, education and training, the approach acquired by researchers, as […]