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Introduction
This time, our supplement, Utóirat (Postscriptum) we have selected some of the presentations given at the conference Collecting the Scattered Stones, organised by the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Documentation Centre for Monument Protection in December 2024 to celebrate the 140 th anniversary of the birth of architect Károly Kós. For briefness, the presentations were […]
Parallels and Intersections: Károly Kós and Imre Makovecz
Text: Eszter Dénes In the lives of the two intellectual greats, Károly Kós and Imre Makovecz, in their extraordinarily powerful creative behaviour, in the driving forces of their architecture and in their role in the interests of progressive socio-artistic-cultural unity, countless parallels and points of intersection emerge. Their sense of proportion, their abundance of talent, […]
National, Ethnic or Regional?
The Survival of Tradition in the Architecture of Kós’s Followers Text: Gábor Erhardt The author of the study compares the contemporary concepts of vernacular, national and modern architecture in the context of Károly Kós’ architecture, the direction of „progress” as formulated by Kós and its examples embodied in plans and buildings, viewing contemporary Scandinavian architecture […]
The Power of Objects
The Legacy of Károly Kós in the Collections of the MÉM MDK Text: Fanni Izabella Magyaróvári The collections of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Documentation Centre for the Protection of Historic Monuments contain about 780 plans and 225 photographs of Károly Kós’s works, that is more than 1,000 objects specifically related to his individual […]
The Parallels of the Városmajor Street School
Text: Flóra Medgyesy-Töreky The building complex, situated in the neighbourhood of Városmajor, was built between August 1910 and November 1911, according to the plans of Károly Kós and Dénes Györgyi, as part of the school building programme of Mayor István Bárczy. The elementary school included a kindergarten, a headmaster’s apartment, a kindergarten teacher’s apartment as […]
Artists of the Nation 2024
On the initiative of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, the Hungarian Parliament established the Artist of the Nation Award, now the most prestigious Hungarian artistic award, to honour the personal achievements of outstanding representatives of the Hungarian artistic life and to ensure their dignified living conditions. In 2024, Attila Ferenczfy-Kovács, architect, interior designer and visual […]
“To collect the scattered stones”
Kós Károly Conference at the Vigadó in Pest On the occasion of the Hungarian Architecture Day, the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Monument Documentation Centre (MÉM MDK) organises a Kós Károly Conference on on 13 December 2024 at the Makovecz Hall of the Pesti Vigadó.
Media Architecture Awards 2024
Text and photos: Építészfórum For the 20th time, this year the most outstanding architectural works of the year were recognised at the Media Architecture Awards Gala, held on November 8th in Uránia National Film Theatre. Nearly 200 works were shortlisted for the 2024 competition. This year, a total of 76 buildings, 89 plans and 30 […]
Even Larger Than The Church
Restoration Project, Fasor Lutheran Church, Budapest Architects: Piroska Varga, Zoltán Berzsák Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: József Hajdú The church of the Reformed Parish of Budapest-Fasor was designed by Aladár Árkay in 1913. The condition of the structure has deteriorated considerably in recent decades, and its design deficiencies have become increasingly apparent meanwhile. Both these issues […]