Iván Kotsis Prize 2013
In 2013 the Iván Kotsis Prize went to Attila Bodrossy DLA architect
The prize-giving ceremony was held on 16th December 2013.
2013
The Whale on the Bank of River Danube
This October Marc Augé French ethnologist visited Budapest to deliver a lecture during the conference titled Science and Power after which he took part in discussions. One of the focuses of his research work in ethnology and anthropology is the interpretation of location. His stay here had nothing to do with the opening of the Whale in November…
Research, Education and Innovation
The building is located on an area defined by the principles of the general plans made for the world exhibition which remained on blueprint: it is placed on the Boulevard of Hungarian Scientists, next to the so-called Q1 Building which houses the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Information Technology and Economics of the Budapest…
A Test of Courage
A4 Studio had an utterly simple idea for this utterly simple construction to reflect the standards of fencing in Hungary by architectural means: a golden medal calls for a golden box. Courage was much needed to come up with such an obvious, pretentious concept in the context of contemporary Hungarian architecture which is permeated by a variety…
Straw Theatre in Tallinn
The unique theatre of Europe built from straw only stood in the capital of Estonia for six months on the ruins of a former Soviet naval base. It was built in 2011 with the purpose to function as the venue for some unique programmes of the Tallinn European Cultural Centre that summer. It stood on the top of a former Baroque-style earthwork called…
Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis?
The spectacles of vernacular architecture in villages like Liptó and Árva, Tomáš Džadoň artist realized with a shock how dull and uniform prefab housing define the lifestyles of people living there by their bleakness. Almost every other citizen in Slovakia lives in prefab houses. According to the original concept, the artist wanted to remodel one of…
Architectural Centre or Architectural Museum?
The Architekturzentrum Wien presents its history in a comprehensive publication. Through the 20 years of its existence the institution founded in 1993 has grown into one of the most important forums of architecture which is housed in one of the wings of the downtown MuseumQuartiers otherwise containing contemporary and modern…
On the Nature of Post-Critical Architecture
The so-called architectural criticality was a subject of theoretical debates at the turn of the millennia, through which participants tried to redefine the confines of the architectural discipline and the role of architects amongst basic contemporary changes (economic, politic, social and technological). Debates were generated by members of the…
Stone on Stone. Greeting Ferenc Dávid
Greeting Ferenc Dávid on Behalf of his Colleagues in the Protection of Monuments. This text is an enlarged and edited version of a ceremonial address delivered on October 3rd, 2013 in FUGA to honour Ferenc Dávid, art historian on the occasion of handing over volumes of collected essays proving that belongingness and affinity of the profession…
Stone on Stone. On the 73rd Birthday of Ferenc Dávid
In our collection of essays compiled to honour Ferenc Dávid art historian, we are publishing the results of research work done by 85 Hungarian and Austrian authors in special fields related to the specialties of the jubilant, namely archeology, architecture and art history. Besides case studies of architectural history, it also contains essays on topics…
From Windows to Shopwindows
Part and whole. A constituent of a building which is still an independent unit in itself. Their nicest variations blend with the facades, whilst their disproportionateness may ruin the overall impression of a building. Being subject to licensing, the regulations of shopwindows allow to survey the practices of portal constructions of decades…
Practice-based Education
“Design-build studio – New ways in architectural training” was the title of the symposium held in Berlin at the end of last year which made an increasingly powerful segment the international trend of architectural training palpable. The timeliness of this event lies in the fact that the past few years saw an increasing number of studies associated with…