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Competition for the Memorial of the National Anthem
In February 2025, the Ministry of Construction and Transport announced an architectural design competition for the design of the Anthem Memorial in Szatmárcseke. The aim of the tender was to create a worthy architectural design for the birthplace of the Hungarian national anthem: a multi-functional, integrated cultural institution with visitor center functions, the central constituent […]
Holocaust Memorial in Terézváros
In May 2025, the Municipality of Terézváros (Budapest 6th district) announced a two-round, open tender to erect a memorial on Liszt Ferenc Square to the hundreds of victims who were killed and buried in mass graves on the square during the rule of the Hungarian Nazi party. Liszt Ferenc Square is a memorial to the […]
Annual General Meeting of the MÉSZ, House of Architects, 26 May
The Hungarian Association of Architects held its annual general meeting at the end of May. After the welcome speeches, the participants remembered their colleagues who had passed away in the past year, paid tribute to the members who had received professional honours in 2024, and then heard reports on the achievements and lessons learned in […]
19th Venice International Architecture Biennale
Text: György Szegő Photos: LUMU, Andrea Fábián, labiennale.org Skills and abilities are constantly expanding the image of architecture. As a result, this year’s biennale in Venice, which is more heterogeneous than ever before, hardly mentions the buildings on display; they are missing. Perhaps this is so because today, houses are mostly not intelligent, but mass-produced. […]
State Architecture Awards on Hungarian Architecture Day
Pesti Vigadó, 16. 12. 2024. Since 2023, Károly Kós’s birthday, 16 December, has been officially the Hungarian Architecture Day, and the most prestigious state architectural awards are presented on this occasion. The most prestigious Hungarian architectural recognition, the Károly Kós Lifetime Achievement Award, which was established in 2023, was presented to István Ferencz, Kossuth Prize-winning […]
Budapest Architectural Excellence Award 2024
FUGA, 05.12.2024. On December 5th, the results of the Budapest Architectural Award 2024 competition were announced and the awards were then presented at the FUGA. The aim of this competition is to recognise and publicise the most outstanding works of architecture that shape the cityscape. Of the 18 entries received for the 2024 competition, the […]
Iván Kotsis Award 2023: Péter Kovács DLA
This recognition awarded by the Association of Hungarian Architects is a „fair-play prize” of professionals symbolizing the approach authenticated also by the oeuvre of the denominator with his pursue of his vocation with the modesty of an architect based on ethics. Besides, it is also an appreciation of high-standard education. At the awards ceremony held […]
Silver Carpenter’s Pencil Award 2024
The Silver Carpenter’s Pencil Award was founded in 2010 by the Foundation for the Hungarian Arts, at the initiative of architects Attila Komjáthy and his wife, Ilona Komjáthyné Kremnicsán. The recognition makes the press work for Hungarian architecture visible to the general public. It is awarded for quality journalistic activity appearing in printed or electronic […]
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 […]