Brave Reservedness

The Architects of the Szeged Space and Form have been making plans and designs for Hódmezővásárhely for over twenty years now and thus know and feel the town quite well. Their concept design for the revitalization of the environment of the Tornyai Museum has been on blueprint for years. Meanwhile resources made available…

One, two, three

Although at the time of the publication of the tender in 2007 the building was meant to have a somewhat different function, the crisis of the economic environment forced a change: thus this building houses the most important rooms of air traffic control and the management of the company as well. The finished structure occupies the site…

Pure Symbolism

It is great pleasure that the number of buildings hosting the social and educational functions of various religious communities in Hungary has increased since the change of the political system to such an extent. The most recent of them is the belfry of the Community House of the Calvinist Church in Szandaszőlős in the region of Szolnok.

f_f_f_ Young people in black-and-white 2013

The competition is a follow-up of a program launched in 2006 also successful between 2008 and 2010. It is meant to survey how the young generation can contribute to the architectural character of a site, sustainability, the strengthening of communities and how they could co-operate with local initiatives. The Association of Hungarian Architects…

Performance Driven Architecture

Lectures: Bálint Botzheim, Anna Baróthy, Péter Dóczé, Dániel Erdély, Lídia Felföldi, Levente Gyulai, Barna Kovács D., Tamás Lévai, Ákos Maróy and the authors of the Performance-Driven Architecture exhibition in FUGA: Alex Kalachev, Krassimir Krastev, Andrea Rox Rossi, Tudor Cosmatu, Sebastian Bialkowski

Loos, Hundertwasser, Max Ernst

Loos expert Yehuda E. Safran has developed the exhibition LOOS. Our Contemporary originally for the CAAA Guimarães, Portugal. Based on the example of the oeuvres of architects such as Le Corbusier, Hermann Czech, José Paulo Dos Santos, Eileen Gray, Herzog & De Meuron, Frederick Kiesler, Rem Koolhaas, Richard Neutra, Aldo Rossi…

Green Schools

Over 60 million Americans spend their days in K-12 school buildings. Ensuring that these students, faculty, and staff have a safe and healthy place to learn and work, and that the buildings conserve energy and water while remaining economical to build, are some of the most important issues facing educational leaders and city planners…

Space-concepts

He made his first stage designs for the performances of the late Small theater of Pécs. He also designed sets regularly for the theaters in several Hungarian cities like Kecskemét, Szeged, Nyíregyháza. His better known works are made for theaters in Budapest like Katona József Theater, Örkény Theater and Radnóti Theater.

Furniture Design in Hungary 1800-1850

According to the exhibition ‘Furniture Design in Hungary 1800–1850’ in the Budapest History Museum, a brand new and valuable catalogue of the furniture design in Hungary between 1800 and 1850 had been published. The catalog contains several studies about the period, which was one of the highlights of Hungarian history…

Vedres György Prize 2013

György Vedres Award honours Hungarian architects under 40 with significant public buildings completed before 31. 12. 2011. The award is named after György Vedres, Ybl Award winner architect. In 2013 the Vedres György Prize goes to: Tamás László architect for his collaboration in the design of the Piarist Professional School in Göd.

Analogue

21 Hungarian photographers from the 20th Century
Körmendi-Csák Photography Collection
KOGART House, 9 May – 7 July 2013
Opening: 8 May 2013 7 p.m.
Opening speech by: Colin Ford CBE, Photographic historian

Mies van der Rohe Award 2013

The winner: Harpa – Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre
Harpa forms part of an extensive plan to expand and revitalize the eastern harbour of Reykjavik, as well as to improve the connection between this part of the harbour and the city centre. The building consists of both concert and conference facilities, including four main halls.