World Architecture Day 2025 Text: György Szegő Photos: MÉSZ The Hungarian Association of Architects announced a panel discussion held on October 10th at its headquarters, which is currently undergoing significant renovation, as part of the annual celebration. In his introduction, Csaba Nagy, currently president of MÉSZ, quoted from a letter written by Regina Gonthier, president […]
Hauszmann Award 2025
The Faculty of Architecture at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) announced the Hauszmann Award competition for the 25th time this year. The award, which has been presented to 120 architects to date, is open to anyone who defended their diploma project at the Faculty of Architecture of the Budapest University of Technology […]
Award for Architecture on the Hungarian Academy of Arts
The departments of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA) have once again this year honored outstanding figures in Hungarian intellectual life who have produced unique works in the fields of art, art theory, art organization, and art administration. Each year, the members of the MMA’s nine divisions award prizes to two individuals, one of whom, […]
House of the Year Award 2025
The House of the Year competition has been held for 40 years now with the aim of identifying and promoting to professionals and the general public high-quality architectural works that are considered exemplary not only from an aesthetic point of view, but also from an environmental and economic perspective. Of the 23 family homes and […]
Kitüntetések az államalapítás ünnepén
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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 […]