Etudes for Urban Places

Creative Week 2010

at the Department of Public Building Design
Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Alvar Aalto Houses – Timeless Expressions

Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) is recognized today as one of the masters of modern architecture and the most influential Finnish architect worldwide. The exhibition highlights four one-family houses that form a varied and fascinating entity in Aalto’s extensive output. The buildings presented in the exhibition include The Aalto House, Villa Mairea, Muuratsalo Experimental House and Maison Luis Carré.

RIBA Goldfinger Scholarship 2010

The Royal Institute of British Architects in the United Kingdom (RIBA) is calling for applications to the RIBA Goldfinger Scholarship. In 2010 the Scholarship offers a grant of £14,000 to a Hungarian graduate to undertake postgraduate study or a period of professional experience in the UK. The Scholarship has been offered since 1999 and is enabled through a generous donation by the family of the late architect Ernö Goldfinger.

10 Labyrinth

István Orosz
Poster exhibition

Gödöllő, GIM-House
24. 04. – 06. 06. 2010.

Imre Makovecz – Honorary Doctorate of La Sapienza

Architect Imre Makovecz received an honorary doctorate from Rome’s La Sapienza university in January. Italian architect Paolo Portoghesi lauded Makovecz in a speech that addressed the past and present of Hungarian architecture and Hungarian history.

In memoriam Mihály Vargha

The architect Mihály Vargha Dipl.eng. was definitely a leading figure in the Hungarian architectural media, a member of several design boards and councils, and of the Association of Hungarian Architects. He was one of the founders of Építészfórum (The Hungarian Architectural Forum). Before starting up that portal he was Editor-in-Chief of Hungarian Architecture.