An Attempt to Dialogues

MÉSZ Evenings – Where are you heading, „Roman Riverbank”? Építészek Háza, 10 October 2016 Text: Zsuzsa Beliczay The discussion of MÉSZ (the Association of Hungarian Architects) held in October focussed on the flood control and protection of the Roman Riverbank. On the day before the event on October 10th, a peaceful demonstration of several thousands […]

To Master School Grade No. XXIV.

World Day of Architecture, 3 October 2016 The exhibition opened on the World Day of Architecture presented the materials submitted by the new grade of the Master School of Master Architect Association for their entrance examination. The opening speech by Lajos Arnóth was about the nine sciences complementing the seven free arts, amongst them about […]

World Architecture Day – Design a Better World!

October 3rd, 2016 According to UIA, the International Union of Architects significance and responsibilities of architectural design continuously grow as the challenges are more and more intense worldwide, which shows an ever extending role of architects in improving the standards of living. UIA heralds that the achievements of architecture are powerful and have the capacity […]

MÉK-MÉSZ Diploma Award 2016

Results of the Diplom Award competition of the Chamber of Hungarian Architects and the Association of Hungarian Architects Urban planning category: Máté Szűcs (SZIE) Budapest, Public scape rehabilitation along the Danube Landscape architecture category: Dóra Marianna Városy (SZIE) Connections between the NÉPsziget and the Danube, promenade along the Danube Interior design category: Sarolta Szonja Molnár […]

BÉK Award for Excellence 2016

The BÉK Award for Excellence 2016 went to: Market building, Budafok – architect: András Kertész DLA 100-unit apartment house – architect: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus Reconstruction of Kossuth Lajos square, Parlament Musuem, Visitor’s Centre – architect: Zoltán Tima Idesüss Kindergarten – architect: Melinda Borsos, Dimitrijevic Tijana Corvin Corner Office Center – architect: László Szász Certificate […]

Architecture and Ars Poetica

Exhibition by Ferenc Török in Pesti Vigadó Text: György Szegő The exhibition hall strictly follows the experience of sacredness one may have in experience Santo Stefano Rotondo church in Rome: that is the tension of centrality and guided space. The heart of the rectangular horizontal plan of the exhibition space in Vigadó has been turned […]

The new chairman of MÉSZ

András Krizsán DLA The Association of Hungarian Architects (Magyar Építőművészek Szövetsége, MÉSZ) elected András Krizsán as its new chairman at the general assembly of the organisation on June 6th, 2016. The new vice chairmen to support his activities are György Kerekes, János Golda and Gábor Zoboki, whilst new members of the management are Csaba Kovács, […]

15th Venice Biennale of Architecture II.

The International Participation Text: György Szegő Photos: Hanna Szegő In our previous issue (2015/3) we have already presented the Hungarian exhibition at the recently opened –Venice Biennale. As we wrote there and then, the national pavilions do not follow the central slogan or they focus on it in an indirect way, which is yet another […]

Liget Project Landscape Design Contest

A Survey of the Winning Schemes Városliget Zrt. published a design contest calling for landscape designs in January, 2016 for the City Park, Budapest, which is to be developed in a comprehensive way, being the very first public park of Europe. Schemes are expected to present values of the area for garden history, as well […]

Light Axis

On the Life, Death and Art of György Csete (1937–2016) Text: Miklós Sulyok Fotó: Zsitva Tibor György Csete had a basic principle on architecture which is best summed up as architecture in Hungarian. To use Hungarian language in architecture instead of foreign ones. His architecture, however, was filled with universal contents: however, it was his […]

Report from the Front – Aectivators

The Hungarian Exhibition of the Biennual in Venice Venice Biennal, Giardini, 28 Junue – 27 November 2016 Curators: Gábor Fábián, Dénes Fajcsák Text: György Szegő Photos: József Rosta / Ludwig Múzeum Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, the chief curator of the 15th Biennial of Architecture in Venice used a national example to explain the „new viewpoint”. […]

Landscape Architect of the Year Award 2016

As usual, the highlight of the series of events associated with the Month of Landscape Architecture was the ceremony of the Landscape Architecture Awards ceremony taking place in FUGA on April 26th, 2016. The jury of professionals chose Geum Landscape Architects’ Office (Csenge Csontos†, Borbála Gyüre and Gergely Lád) as the best candidate in this […]