Text: Makovecz Vanderers’ School The Makovecz Vanderers’ School was established in 1989 with the aim of passing on the spirit and craftsmanship of organic architecture. It operates as a three-year practical training programme whereby young architects can learn from dedicated masters of the profession – not only how to build, but also how to see, […]
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Architecture Camp in Visegrád
Text: Anna Erhardt, Bence Pallos The history of the Visegrád Camp, which has been running for 44 years, dates back to 1981. At that time, a few enthusiastic architecture students from the University of Technology approached Imre Makovecz and asked him to help them gain a deeper understanding of architecture beyond the limits of formal […]
The Organic Architecture in the Hungarian Higher Education
Text: Gábor Erhardt Several events have been held to mark the 90th anniversary of Imre Makovecz’s birth, presenting various aspects of the oeuvre of Hungary’s most significant architect of recent times, including his “teaching activities.” Fourteen years after Imre Makovecz’s death, it may be well worth asking this question: To what extent has the Master’s […]
Angels & Architecture
Kunsthalle Budapest, 20. 11. 2025 – 01. 02. 2026 Text: Attila Ertsey Angels & Architecture celebrates the 90th anniversary of Imre Makovecz (1935–2011). The exhibition is an exploration in drawings, sound, original film and music, models and photographs of the spirit, beliefs, imagination and buildings of this special Hungarian architect. Makovecz’s buildings are angels of […]
Élő Magyar Építészet – Határtalan országépítés
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Arcodat keresem
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Szárnykészítő
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Leróni valamennyi adósságot
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The First 14 Years of the Imre Makovecz Foundation
Text: Pál Makovecz Shortly after Imre Makovecz’s death, in early 2012, the Imre Makovecz Foundation was established to manage his heritage. In addition to family members, colleagues, students, and friends of Imre Makovecz hold and have held positions in this foundation. Meanwhile, Imre Makovecz’s heirs decided to offer the architect’s own house, which he did […]
The Imre Makovecz Archive
Text: Gábor Kampis When the Imre Makovecz Foundation started their work, they set themselves the goal of creating a digital database that would contain, organize, and thus make searchable all of Imre Makovecz’s plans, graphic works, writings, and objects that could be found and were available in the Archive, as well as audio and video […]
A Couple of Personal Memories
Text: Gábor Mezei In the mid-1960s, interior designer Gábor Mezei met Imre Makovecz while working as a designer for SZÖTERV, and was deeply impressed by his approach to style. Following Makovecz’s example, he also rebelled against the monotony and dullness of modernist industrial architecture and began to design in his own unique style. With his […]
One Hundred and Eleven Footnotes about Imre Makovecz
Text: Benjamin Makovecz In his poetically beautiful writing, Benjamin Makovecz attempts to describe the slowly unfolding and ever increasingly intimate relationship between father and son from the early 1960s until 2011, the year of Imre Makovecz’s death. The writer’s perspective is that of a „young boy from Pest”, and the tone of his writing is […]