Béla Kerékgyártó, philosopher passed away on December 5th, 2018. He was a dedicated lecturer of architecture with BME (Budapest University of Technology) and the PhD Course of Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture who shaped the approaches of several generations. He had been awarded the Iván Kotsis prize of the Association of Hungarian Architects as […]
Budapest South Gate Masterplan
Result of the International Competition KKBK Nonprofit Zrt. (Centre of Key Government Investments), as contracting authority, announced a restricted international design competition for preparing a development proposal for the investments and complex urban development of South-Pest and North-Csepel, Budapest. The goal of the design competition was to implement a viable urban development in line with […]
Post Scriptum 100
Results of the Contest Founded in 2001 as the theoretical supplement of the periodical Hungarian Architecture, Post Scriptum celebrates the publication of its 100th issue. On this occasion, the editors of the journal published a contest of essays submitted with mottoes (see MÉ 20178/4) with the goal to open up wider perspectives for writings on […]
Pro Architectura Awards 2018
On October 34th, 2018 one of the most prestigious professional awards in Hungarian architecture, Pro Architectura was awarded in the Houses of Parliament, This recognition goes into five categories for excelling architectural achievements in urban architecture, landscape design and interior design for architects-designers, in architectural publicity and education, architectural design and design contest, as well […]
Budapest Architectural Award of Merit 2018
Budapest Municipal Government and Budapest Chamber of Architects published this year once again a joint contest titled the Budapest Architectural Award of Merit 2018 in order to promote and facilitate the development of architectural and environmental culture. The special task of the contest was to recognise and promote architectural works defining the cityscape, to introduce […]
Media Architectural Prize 2018
Founded by Erika Katalina Pásztor, who died at the beginning of November, the Media Architectural Prize was awarded the 14th times this year. The media jury of the ceremony held in Arts Palace Budapest rated the National Public Port of Győr-Gönyű as the best implemented building design (architects designers: Ádám Hatvani, Attila Korompay, Tibor Dékány), […]
Visegrád 4 Detached Houses 2018
Contest and Travelling Exhibition The Association of Hungarian Architects has organised the contest of V4 detached houses every year since 2008, and the year 2018 is no exception to this rule. The programme organised in cooperation between the Associations of Hungarian, Polish and Slovak Architects (MÉSZ, SARP and SAS respectively) as well as by the […]
A Nemzet Művésze 2018
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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. […]