World Architecture Day 2018

Architects’ House, October 1st, 2018 Text: Eszter Götz The UIA, which is the international association of architects, celebrates the Architecture World Day on the first Monday of October every year. On this day, architects and other professionals do their best to draw attention to the social role of architecture. The Association of Hungarian Architecture organised […]

Hungary’s Gems – Our Man-Made Heritage

Photo Exhibition by the Association of Hungarian Architects Várkert Bazaar, August 28th-September 9th, 2018 Text: Association of Hungarian Architects At the end of August, the Association of Hungarian Architects organised an exhibition of photos recording recently facelifted historic monuments and the economization on our man-made values in the events hall of Castle Gardens Bazaar. This […]

Robert Venturi 1925–2018

Text: György Szegő Born as a child of immigrating parents from Italy, he got his degree in architecture and thus received a two-year grant in Rome in 1954. Enriched with experiences there, he returned to his country, and in the 1960s launched an attack against the American version of Modernism which he rated as exhausted. […]

Lajos Kozma Conference

Műcsarnok, 8-9 October 2018 Text: Pál Száva Photos: Magyar Építészeti Múzeum The conference associated with the exhibition titled Kozma Classic – The Budapesti Workshop and Lajos Kozma focussed on the rich and versatile oeuvre of the architect. The lectures presented his career starting with the years he had spent with Béla Lajta’s studio to his […]

The Budapest Workshop and Lajos Kozma

Műcsarnok, Budapest, 5 September – 2 December 2018 Text: György Szegő Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky It has been 70 years since the world famous architect, applied artist, graphic designer and educator Lajos Kozma passed away. To honour this exceptional creator, as a part of the Kozma Commemorative Year in 2018, Kunsthalle is launching a major series […]

The Missing Link

Rotterdam Architecture Biennale, June 1st-July 8th Text: Anna Zsoldos Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn ©IABR IABR, the architectural biennale organised in Rotterdam was launched in 2001, and this was the 8th time it took place now. During these years the event has evolved its character As a result, it specializes in urban development and urbanistics, focussing on […]

Cabin fever

Hello Wood Camp, Csórompuszta, July 7th-16th, 2018 Text: Anna Zsoldos Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Hello Wood’s project for this summer was a huge and risky task: during the ten days of the camp the team of students worked on building six houses that can be lived in. The programme was referred to as „Cabin Fever”. As […]

Pál Csonka Medal Award 2018

The Association of Hungarian Architects founded a memorial medal to honour Professor Pál Csonka in 1988, which this year was awarded to a tandem of architects, Dénes Patonai DLA prof. emeritus architect and (posthumously) Bence Nagy Ybl prized structural designer on July 9th, 2018. in the headquarters of the organisation at the awards ceremony. This […]

The Annual General Meeting of MÉSZ

Architects’ House, June 4th, 2018 Text: Eszter Götz Photos: MÉSZ The Association of Hungarian Architects held its annual general meeting in the Károly Kós hall of the Architects’ House. Chairman András Krizsán in his annual report talked about the major programmes and activities of MÉSZ in 2017. He also informed the participants of the concept […]

Galvani Bridge, Budapest

Results of the new Danube Bridge design contest In the summer of 2017 the government and the Municipalilty of Budapest jointly initiated an international invitational design contest for concepts of the new Danube bridge meant to connect the southern part of Buda with Csepel Island. A total of 17 designs have been submitted for the […]

Awards on March 15th, 2018

On our national holiday, March 15th several state and professional recognitions were awarded. Of the individuals receiving these recognitions this year we are hereby focussing on those whose activities are associated with architecture, the artificial environment or the associated arts of architecture. Ybl Award went to: László Callmeyer, Anthony Gall, Levente Szabó DLA, Zsolt Vasáros […]

Here We Are – Architectural Photography Award

International Exhibition Series Budapest, Prague, Cracow, Bratislava, 22 November 2017 – 30 April 2018 The Association of Hungarian Architects and its periodical titled Hungarian Architecture jointly published an international photo contest in the spring of 2017 in co-operation with the Visegrád 4 countries in two categories, one for professionals and the other open to anyone, […]