The History of Newly Modern Hungarian Architecture Text: Mariann Simon, Dániel Laczó Photo: Dániel Laczó In the latter half of the 1990s, after the consolidation of the majority of realignments following the change of the political system and the nadir of the economic shock in its wake, Hungarian architects discovered modern architecture for themselves. Public […]
2014
Housing Estate Destiny 3
Seeking Ways and Means in the 21st Century Žirmuna Housing Estate, Vilnius, Lithuania 1962–1969 Text: Melinda Benkő In the 2014/2 issue of MÉ we started a series of articles on prefab housing estates in Europe that were professionally acknowledged at the time of their construction. Following examples in Grenoble and Magdeburg, the third article is […]
Technocrat Landscape Design
The Challenges of a Metabolic City Architectural Biennale, Rotterdam, May 29th–August 24th, 2014 Text: Levente Polyák The basic concept of the International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam (IABR) is that the environmental issues of the whole world are condensed in cities – thus their solutions must also be found there. It means that energetical transitions, climatic […]
I. Építészeti Nemzeti Szalon. 100% Kreativitás – Katalógus
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Gaudí. Architecture Ahead of its Time
An exhibition coordinated by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Az Wien, 2 October – 2 November 2014 The work of Antoni Gaudí is widely known by the general public and acclaimed and esteemed by the international expert world. UNESCO has declared many of his buildings part of the world cultural heritage. However, the […]
Berlin így emlékezik
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Line and Shape
100 Master Drawings from the Leopold Collection Leopold Museum, Vienna, 23rd of May to 20th of October 2014 The collection of the Leopold Museum Private Foundation comprises approximately 5.400 works. 3.400 of these are works on paper, predominantly watercolors and drawings. Already in 2010 the Leopold Museum showed a representative selection of the Leopold Collection’s […]
A periféria archeológiája
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Lebbeus Woods: On-line
Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin, 28.6. – 3.10.2014 The Museum for Architectural Drawing presents Lebbeus Woods. ON-LINE, an exhibition of the finest works of architectural theorist, draftsman, educator and architect, Lebbeus Woods (1940–2012). The show focuses on the intensely rendered architectural and urban environments produced early on in Woods’ career. These ink and pencil drawings […]
József Finta : freehandedly
Vigadó Gallery, Budapest, 27 September – 9 November 2014 An exhibition of architect József Finta’s drawing is opening in Vigadó Gallery with the title Freehandedly. The display consisting of travel memories and plans of Budapest and buildings can be seen from 26 September to 9 October. “I keep thinking about what ties the two parts, […]
Announcement of Eight Countries of the Carpathian Basin
Kunsthalle, Budapest, 6-8 September 2014 Text: András Borsos Photos: János Szentiváni In co-operation with the Hungarian Academy of Arts and Kunsthalle, the Budapest-based art gallery, the Association of Hungarian Architects organizes a series of international events between September 6th and 8th. Official participants of this programme were: on behalf of MÉSZ László György Sáros DLA […]
Architectural Time Travel
UIA World Congresses 1978–1996 Text: Judit Osskó Unique in its kind as a worldwide organisation of architects, UIA (Union internationale des Architectes) was founded in 1948 in Lausanne. Not many people know that its founder was Pierre Vago, a Hungarian-born architect. He was only twenty years old when he started to work as editor-in-chief for […]