21st International Congress of Architects, MTSE Dr. Koltai Jenő Sports Centre, 08. 03. 2024. Text: Orsolya Ware-Nagy Photos: Anna Fábri The 21st MTSE International Congress of Architects was organised focussing on a fine-sounding but elusive slogan, because architects work in the belief that their work creates value, that they add value to the environment: the […]

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György Szegő conversing with Attila Turi, Architect and President of MMA Attila Turi, as the new president of MMA (the Hungarian Academy of Arts) and an architect, gave an interview to Hungarian Architecture informing our readers on three issues. Firstly, he spoke about the responsibility of the Hungarian Academy of Arts to recognise and implement […]

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 […]

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 […]

On 11th December 2023, the results of the competition for the designs of the Hungarian Architecture Centre and Museum were announced at the MMA Headquarters, that is Pesti Vigadó. In June 2023, the MMA secretariat announced a two-phase design competition for the Hungarian Architecture Centre and Museum, planned for Városligeti fasor, next to Walter Rózsi […]

FUGA, 12. 01. 2023. On 1 December, the results of the Budapest Architectural Award 2023 competition were announced and the awards ceremony took place at the FUGA. The aim of the competition is to promote the creation of new values, the preservation of traditional values, the development of architectural and environmental culture, to recognise and […]

Uránia National Film Theatre, 11. 10. 2023.  For the 19th time, this year’s most outstanding architectural works were recognised at the Media Architecture Awards Gala. A total of 78 buildings, 91 designs and 26 built environment works were entered for this year’s competition. The prize was launched by the two founding editors-in-chief of the Architectural […]

Interview with Regő Lánszki, State Secretary for Architecture, the Ministry of Construction and Transport The new Building Law, which will soon be submitted to the Hungarian Parliament, will bring new opportunities for Hungarian architecture, simplify administration, guarantee quality and planning, and will also set out the most important principles of the new law: the incorporation […]

House of Architects, 2 October Text and photos: MÉSZ In 1998, the International Union of Architects (UIA) declared the first Monday in October as World Architects’ Day to raise awareness of the role of architecture in shaping the human environment. This year, on 2 October, following a long-standing tradition, the Association of Hungarian Architects celebrated […]

Text and photos: MÉSZ On 23 September, this year’s Pál Csonka Medal was awarded at a ceremony in the Hungarian House of Music to Sou Fujimoto, the Japanese designer of the building who has already won several awards in the Hungarian and international architectural scene, as well as his two Hungarian colleagues, Bence Varga and […]