The idea of building a new technical library originated in the 1990’s. On behalf of the State Technical Library, the Czech Ministry of Education sponsored an architectural competition in 2000. Projektil’s design was awarded First Prize from among approximately 50 proposals. Then there was a pause until 2004. After the plans were finished in 2006…
By nature, the embassy of the Hungarian Republic is a symbol in itself. This function is served by the architect when using light walls and yellowish-whitish limestone facework evoking our architectural traditions to represent the country’s regional-historical architectural character. The solemnity of the house simultaneously meets the requirements of tradition and official tone…
The client had a special request and asked Robert Konieczny Czech architect to design his family house adapted to two different sites simultaneously. One of the lots near Pszczyna in Poland was familiar for us, whilst we only knew about the other one which is somewhere near Berlin. The architects thus had to face the difficult task of designing without knowing the location.
Even though it has not ended yet, the year 2010 has already seen its worst architectural-urbanistic scandal – the so-called Zeppelin case of the Inner City of Budapest – understandably referred to it as such. There is no doubt that investors acted well-meaningly when contacting Sir Norman Foster, one of the greatest stars of the international scene of architecture…
Jászberény is the heart of the region called Jászság. Playing a key role in this area, its functions, traditions and architectural heritage make it the genuine regional centre. This is also the reason why it has issues concerning its structure and the qualities of the artificial environment. It is an ages old dream of the town to create a genuine centre…
This building is an experiment to realize an organic-mimetic trend going beyond conventional architecture. As the name refers to it, the primary function is to treasure people’s recollections, actually to be an electronic data base or storehouse with memories treated with a variety of authorities. Every data left here to be preserved (image, sound, video) may be marked as…
A Landscape Odyssey
2010
After an exhibition and a conference the catalogue of the most significant projects of hungarian landscape architecture also issued.
Pécs European Capital of Culture
Architectural Competitions and Public Space Renovations
Editor: Krisztina Somogyi
2010
Endre Prakfalvi – György Szűcs:
The Socialist Realism in Hungary
Corvina, 2010
168 page
The members of the group of artists, founded in 1848, in London called the Pre-Raphaelites were most consistent in pursuing or renewing the arts compared with official Victorian art. At the tail end of the 19th century their art ended up in international symbolism and Art Nouveau amid the increasing symbolism…
The exhibition “René Burri – Photographs” at KUNST HAUS WIEN is a retrospective of the works of one of the most important photographers of our time. René Burri was born in Zurich in 1933. From 1959, as a member of the MAGNUM agency, he travelled to the scenes of innumerable world events.
Individual category:
Attila Harsányi, Tamás Pintér, József Papp
Public category:
Town Protection Association for Rácalmás, Circle of Friends for Szádvár and the editorial office of Hungarian Architecture