Museum Künstlerakademie Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt 19 November 2017 – 18 March 2018 Photos: Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt Otto Bartning had a strong impact on architecture of the 20th century. From 1918 on, as a member of the Workers’ Council for Art, he developed pedagogical concepts that were later used by Walter Gropius when he founded the Bauhaus in […]
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The Legacy of Two Women of the 20th Century in Vienna
Brigitte Hamann’s legacy Vienna City Library, 2 June 2017 – 26 January 2018 Text: György Szegő Photos: Rathausbiblitothek Wien On October 4, 2016, historian and biographer Brigitte Hamann died of one of the most popular scientists in Austria, indeed German-speaking countries. She wrote her credo in a text for the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1995: […]
Piranesi Award 2017
International Architectural Exhibition FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 17 January – 5 February 2018 Piran Days of Architecture (PiDA) is an International Architectural Conference with one of the oldest traditions in the world, whose aim is to assess current trends in architecture and present the most progressive and innovative ideas of architectural and spatial production. […]
Meggyesi Tamás: Napló az életről, a hitről és a térről, ahol élünk
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Home – away
Attila Batár photography exhibition FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 25 January – 12 Februray 2018 I split the selected images into three equal parts. The first is the home, represented by important objects and details from our apartment. The second is about the environment, the Butte aux Cailles district in Paris. The images conjure the […]
Wood in Estonian Architecture
Estonian Institute in Hungary FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 1-25 March 2018 The Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association’s exhibition showcases the main building types, tendencies and most remarkable individual buildings of Estonian wood architecture. The exhibition spans several centuries, and provides an abundance of exiting examples of the various uses of wood in modern […]
Architecture as a Social Value
Pro Architectura Award, Média Architectural Prize, Budapest Architecture Award In the autumn of 2017 four prestigious architectural prizes were awarded within a few weeks’ time which all reinforce the recognition of the profession by society, as well as the relationshop between architecture and the public. On October 31st, the Pro Architectura recognitions for popularizing Hungarian […]
Here We are – Architectural Photography Award 2017
Award-giving ceremony in Kunsthalle, Budapest and exhibition in the Kós Károly hall of AHA Text: Edit Pálinkás Architectural Photography Award 2017 launched on June 15, 2017 by the Association of Hungarian Architects and the Hungarian Architecture magazine invited photographs from all over the world in two categories: open and professional. The main objective of this […]
Hungarian Academy of Science Agrarian Research Block, Martonvásár
Results of the Design Contest The agrarian-innovation centre based in Martonvásár (the new research block of the Hungarian Academy of Science) is meant to facilitate and advance certain developments agrarian tourism. As the first step to realize this project, the Hungarian Academy of Science published an open and secret design contest to outline the research […]
Natural Behaviour
Municipal Swimming Pool, Balatonfüred Architect: Tamás Varga Text: Sándor Pálfy Photos: Tamás Szentirmai, Tamás Fegyverneky Appearing in the neighbourhood of slightly sloping vineyard hills, the covered complex of a swimming-pool and a hotel in Balatonfüred is a unique one owing to the natural organic way as it grows out of its environment. from its local […]
Momentum Rules
Péterfia Corner, Debrecen Architect: Péter Bordás Text: Szabolcs Bence Török Photos: György Palkó Péterfia Street, which leads on to the Great Forest in Debrecen, may be described as the follow-up of Piac Street, which in turn also contains the main square of the city. Formerly functioning as the headquarters of trade unions, the building standing […]
High-Standard Renewal Without Complexity
Railway Station Reconstruction, Kaposvár Architects: András Markó , Tamás Németh Text: Dávid Bán Photos: Tamás Török / Topogram Considering requirements of historic buildings, and using some delicate contemporary solutions, András Markó and Tamás Németh designed the reconstruction of the railway station in Kaposvár originally built by Ferenc Pfaff. The town which is the centre of […]