Photography is a special act of life in which one’s all energy is concentrated to the observation. The environment almost disappears. “Only the subject and myself.” There’s no bridge of events between us. Tense silence waiting for the perfect moment with the most intense state of mind, but the tool which is assigned to…
On the occasion of the Month of Photography the FUGA Radio launched a photo contest for every enthusiastic (amateur and professional) photographers who like to take pictures of buildings. The announcers waited for photos of buildings or groups of buildings, which are important for the photography lovers, exciting…
According to the Month of Photography 2012 informal professional roundtable discussion was held about architectural photography in the new cultural venue, the “Kultúrmosoda” (Patyolat//PRÓBAüzem) in the Baross Street. The site itself is also exciting, in many ways: the former laudry building, the redevelopment of the surroundings, the box jungle…
The very first architectural photo competition of the Department of Architecture of the University of Debrecen was held in 2011. The topic of the competition was ‘Light and architecture’. Next year, in 2012 the topic was ‘Abandoned places’. The aim of the competition was to let the students discover and get aquinted with those architectural…
The architecture of Todd Saunders relates explicitly to landscape, from Norway’s dense forests and steep-sided fjords to the boulder-strewn coastline of Newfoundland. Saunders associated architecture wuth the art of creating place. His studio explores hte role that form and texture play in the perception of space…
It is often the case that our perception of contemporary architecture is not based on impressions that we obtain on site; instead, they are mediated by images. In a society which, as a result of the “iconic turn”, is influenced more by images than by text, photography takes on decisive significance, also in the mediation of architecture.
Peter Puklus is an example of a modern documentary author. Questions of an involved or not involved view, an approach based on revealing beauty, or rather importance of daily, even banal things – all that was solved by documentary photographers before. The generation of Puklus and his peers can now focus on the complexity of documentary work.
Kunsthaus Wien is devoting a major retrospective to the oeuvre of the 89-year-old photographer and painter Saul Leiter. The exhibition, which was developed in cooperation with Haus der Photographie / Deichtorhallen Hamburg, presents the wide range of this versatile artist’s works, including early black-and-white and colour photographs…
Generative Archtiecture Conference
FUGA, Budapest 19th March 2013 14.00
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…
Debut exhibition of the Trafik Contemporary Art Association
FUGA, Budapest
29. 03. – 24. 04. 2013
Opening salute by István Ligetvári, president of the association
Opening speech by Gábor Farkas DLA, Chief architect of Dabas
Scientific research about computer-aided design
FUGA, Budapest
14. 03. – 05. 04. 2013
Curators: Krassimir Krastev, Alexander Kalachev
Opening speech by Krassimir Krastev, architect
Young architects’ experiences in international internship programs
FUGA, Budapest
12-31 March 2013
Organized by ÉK Association