The committed and pragmatic approach of architects pressed by conditions is a leitmotif in the architectural history of the shores of Lake Balaton that also permeated the experimental forms of waterfront buildings as a rule. This study surveys who and how reflected about the architectural tasks of the Balaton region as well as about the regional…
Of the civilisation of Turkey we typically – and of its architecture almost exclusively -know of the Osmanli, the era of which ended with the peace treaty of Sévres in 1920 after World War I. This also meant a „tabula rasa re-start for the whole nation”. This is when the Modern Age history of Turkey began, starring Mustafa Kemal who – on the ruins of…
Hungarian architecture has had its hedge-hopping for several years now. We tried to find the out what the reasons for this are with the intention to straighten it out in a discussion with four architects on some current and rarely discussed issues of practicing the profession, regulations, education and the social prestige of architecture.
During the past two years I taught the fifth Master of Architecture course at the Faculty of Architecture of Kansas State University and following the examples set by some of my fellow lecturers I also prolonged the compulsory six months spent abroad in the fourth year even though only with a one-week stay. First I travelled to Denmark…
After the one in 1976 Centre Pompidou once again welcomes visitors to a retrospective exhibition of Hantaï Simon open from May to September this summer. A total of 130 paintings by the artist are on show now proving that he was an outstanding figure of 20th-century European painting who had gone his own way whilst painting and hiding in Paris…
In Memoriam József Király
(1930-2013)
interior architect
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Hungarian Design Award 2013 Winners:
Hungarian Design Award – Product category:
DSI Inhalo
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Petra Földi 2012/13 raincoat collection, Design category: Faces game, Visual communication category: A kiskakas gyémánt félkrajcárja, Student category: Light Me lamps, DORA helmet
Exhibition of Anikó Robitz and Márk Péter Vargha
FUGA Budapest Centre of Architecture, 4-29 October 2013
Opening: 4 October 2013, 6 p.m.
Opening speech by Vilmos Katona architect
Finissage: 28 October 2013 – “Gallery Forum”
Book presentation and discussion about József Király interior designer
Museum of Applied Arts, 3 October 2013, 6 p.m.
In memoriam József Király – exhibition at the library
From 6 p.m. discussion and book presentation in the library
József Vadas: Székkirály – Pályakép Király József belsőépítészről
World Day of Architecture – 7 October 2013
Association of Hungarian Architects, 1088 Budapest, Ötpacsirta St. 2.
12.00 – 22.00 Ötpacsirta Street: Hello Wood Installation
15.00 Kós Károly Hall: House of the Year 2013 – Price-giving Ceremony
16.30 Courtyard: V4 Family Houses Exhibition Opening
Architectural discussion according to Péter Török’s exhibition ‘Work Fragments’
St Stephen’s Basilica, 9 October 2013, 6 p.m.
Discussion partners:
György Vadász DLA and Balázs Balogh DLA
Conference
Széchenyi István University, Budapest
19 September 2013, 9.30 a.m.
The conference is connected to the SEE- ATRIUM (Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes in Urban Managements) project in Hungary.