Result of the Design Contest In January 2021 Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation published an open design contest for the architectural concept of the main building of Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Somlói Road, Budapest. The primary objective was to create a building (complex) the distant silhouette of which encourages us to visit it, and translates a […]
István Kotsis Award 2020
MÉSZ, December 15th, 2020 On December 15th, the 131st birthday of István Kotsis, the medals named after him were awarded as the professional recognition of fair-play architects which is a recognition by the Association of Hungarian Architects (MÉSZ) for educators’ work and achievements who double excellently as designer architects. Based on the proposals of the […]
Development Scheme of the Balaton Centre Keszthely 2020
Results of the Contest The Architecture Department of the Hungarian Art Academy published an open tender of architecture titled The Development Scheme of the Balaton Centre 2020 to invite proposals and concepts for a multi-functional complex offering high-standard services in a location of high significance by means and tools of architecture and landscape design including […]
Pro Architectura Prize 2020
On November 19th, Minister Gergely Gulyás awarded the Pro Architectura prizes for recognizing the activities of those propagating and popularizing Hungarian architecture, the creation of high standard man-made environment, the protection and preservation of architectural values, and activities to shape architectural thinking as such, as well as outstanding achievements in the interests of reaching the […]
Budapest Architecture Award for Excellence 2020
On November 17th, which is the birthday of Budapest, the Budapest Architectural Award for Excellence 2020 was awarded. It is a professional recognition for high-standard designs and constructions of new or modernized buildings, edifices, public domains, interiors that improve the architectural image of the capital city, or the utilization of a certain part of the […]
Silver Carpenter’s Pencil Prize 2020
It is the 11th time now that the architectural and press prize named Silver Carpenter’s Pencil has been awarded. It also heralded the coming of a new era with the new decade: from this year on, the Association of Hungarian Architects (MÉSZ) took over the task of managing this prestigious recognition founded in 2010 by […]
Elemér Zalotay 1932–2020
Text: György Szegő Elemér Zalotay, an iconic architect in both Hungarian and international architecture, passed away on November 14th, 2020. He made thousands of designs for the future, but left only a few houses behind which are all excellent, and highly sculpturesque. Zalotay was a fervent believer of Modernism and disregarded architectural circumstances in Hungary […]
The General Assembly of AHA to Renew Functions and Representatives
ELTE Lágymányos Campus, 10. 19. Text and photos: AHA In the middle of October the Association of Hungarian Architects held its general assembly to renew its functions and representatives at the campus of ELTE in Lágymányos, where the annual reports were followed by the election of the new board of the management. Members of the […]
Towards a Better Urban Lifestyle
Architecture World Day, October 5th, 2020 Text: Eszter Götz Photo: Ildikó Fazekas (AHA) Celebrated on the first Monday of October every year, Architecture World Day was initiated in 2005 by the UIA to commemorate our universal responsibility for the shaping and formation of the environment and the habitats of mankind. This year’s world day has […]
House of the Year 2020
The House of the Year Award is an important recognition of professionals among Hungarian architects which surveys and evaluates detached houses and minor residential buildings year by year, more recently also including the latest public buildings. On September 17th, a gala was held to publish the results of this year’s House of the Year 2020 […]
Awards on the occasion of August 20th
On the occasion of the national holiday, Miklós Kásler, Minister of Human Resources, and Bence Rétvári, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Human Resources, handed over the Hungarian Order of Merit on 15 March, The Master of Folk Art and the Young Master of Folk Art awards. On March 15, György Skardelli received the […]
Vedres György Prize 2020
In memory of the late Ybl Prize-winning architect György Vedres, who died in 1987, his widow founded the Vedres György Prize in 2013, which is awarded annually to an architect under the age of 40, whose high-quality design work resulted in an educational or healthcare building. In 2020, the award went to architect Ágnes Tőrös.