Results of the Design Contest The Hungarian Arts Academy published the single-turn archietctural design contest titled “The Park of Architecture” in September 2021 to house the collections and exhibitions of the Hungarian Architecture Museum and Monument Protection Documentation Centre maintained by the Academy as well as its public functions in a complex. The task was […]
The 120th Anniversary of MÉSZ
Text: György Szegő In 1902, that is exactly 120 years ago, the Association of Hungarian Architects was founded. Published by this organisation, the periodical titled old-new Hungarian Architecture devoted its special supplement in April titled Post Scriptum entirely to this jubilee. On our website (meonline.hu) there will be a new column from April on this […]
Results of Pázmány Campus Design Contest
BFK Budapest Development Centre Nonprofit Zrt. published an invitational architectural tender for the designs of the extension and development of the educational facilities of the new campus of the Péter Pázmány Catholic University. The publisher expected architectural proposals to design a complex reflecting the present era and the spirituality of the Catholic university whilst suited […]
MÉSZ 120 Student logo competition
In 2022, the Association of Hungarian Architects will celebrate the 120th anniversary of its founding. For the graphic formulation of the slogan of the jubilee year, Association of Hungarian Architects (MÉSZ) has announced a student logo competition with the motto “Architecture all year round, MÉSZ / 120 all year round”.
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Young Architects in Black and White 2021 The programme was initiated by Gábor Reischl, formerly chairman of the Association of Hungarian Architects and launched in 2006, and is actually the 8th edition of the biannual programme. Applicants of this contest were professionals under the age of 40 with a degree acquired in Hungary in architecture. […]
Protection for the Diplomats’ House
A Joint Statement by MÉK and MÉSZ The board of the Chamber of Hungarian Architects has officially made a statement concerning the building in District 1 Budapest at No. 4-5 Holy Trinity Square designed by György Jánossy and László Laczkovics. The board of the Association of Hungarian Architects made a decision to share this statement […]
Iván Kotsis Award 2021: Péter Sugár
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 […]
Pro Architectura Award 2021
To continue the traditions of the past few years, Pro Architectura award contest was published again in 2021. The goal has been unchanged: to promote outstanding achievements of architects and designers in architecture, landscape art and interior design, to make Hungarian architecture better known, to encourage the creation of high-standard man-made environment, to protect architectural […]
Budapest Architecture Merit Awards 2021
Each year Budapest Architecture Merit Award is awarded on November 15th, the birthday of the capital city to recognize the maintenance, upkeeping and development of the man-made heritage of Budapest based on values with the criteria that works are unique in their harmony with nature and landscape. Due to the pandemic, this year the awards […]
Media Architecture Prize 2021
On November 6th it was the 17th time to award the current year’s outstanding works of architecture with the Media Architecture Prize at the ceremony held in Uránia National Movie Theatre. Founded by Építészfórum, is now a professionals’ event with a past of 17 years, which is unique in the sense that the jury evaluates […]
Hungarian Architecture 2010–2020
MÉK, 2021, 494 pages Text: György Szegő The Chamber of Hungarian Architects surveys the best works of Hungarian architecture in the past decade in this thick bilingual volume. Editor Eszter Dénes, graphic artist András Vizvárdi and the members of the editorial board launched a new series with this publication. This selection offers novelties even for […]
World Architecture Day 2021
Architects’ House, 10. 04. In 1998 UIA, the international association of architects declared the first Monday of October to be the celebration of world architecture to draw attention to this definitive way of shaping our environment. This year the topic of this day was defined in the slogan: „Clean environment for a healthy world”. The […]