Meeting Points in the careers of István Medgyaszay and Dezső Hültl Text: Rita Karácsony István Medgyaszay, a pioneering architect in ferro-concrete technology in Hungary was appointed a private lecturer with the Budapest University of technology in 1927, after a significant career as a researcher and designer. From that time on, there was the opportunity for […]
Folyóirat
A Master of Historicism
Dr. Pilkhoffer Mónika: The Oeuvre of Architecture Adolf Lang. TERC, Budapest, 2017, 216 page Szöveg: Jeney András Mónika Pilkhoffer, an associate history professor with the University of Pécs, has also established her fame as an art historian. In her latest publication she analyses the oeuvre Adolf Lang (1848–1913) with special regard to historicism (revivalist styles). […]
SOS Brutalism
Save the Concrete Monsters! DAM, Frankfurt, 9 November 2017 – 2 April 2018 The DAM is presenting the first-ever global survey of the Brutalist architecture of the 1950s to 1970s. The term Brutalism does not originate from the word “brutal”, but rather béton brut—the French term for exposed concrete. Brutalist architecture celebrates rawness and the […]
Three-Stone Tourist Lodge
MÉSZ-MÉK Diploma Award 2017 Design: Brezina Zsolt Consultant: Keller Ferenc The primary aim of the scheme was to construct a tourist accommodation which is located in the heart of nature, far away from the noise and harmful impacts of man-made environment and can exist and maintain itself in a sustainable way. It partly functions as […]
Otto Bartning
Museum Künstlerakademie Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt 19 November 2017 – 18 March 2018 Photos: Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt Otto Bartning had a strong impact on architecture of the 20th century. From 1918 on, as a member of the Workers’ Council for Art, he developed pedagogical concepts that were later used by Walter Gropius when he founded the Bauhaus in […]
The Legacy of Two Women of the 20th Century in Vienna
Brigitte Hamann’s legacy Vienna City Library, 2 June 2017 – 26 January 2018 Text: György Szegő Photos: Rathausbiblitothek Wien On October 4, 2016, historian and biographer Brigitte Hamann died of one of the most popular scientists in Austria, indeed German-speaking countries. She wrote her credo in a text for the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1995: […]
Piranesi Award 2017
International Architectural Exhibition FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 17 January – 5 February 2018 Piran Days of Architecture (PiDA) is an International Architectural Conference with one of the oldest traditions in the world, whose aim is to assess current trends in architecture and present the most progressive and innovative ideas of architectural and spatial production. […]
Meggyesi Tamás: Napló az életről, a hitről és a térről, ahol élünk
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Home – away
Attila Batár photography exhibition FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 25 January – 12 Februray 2018 I split the selected images into three equal parts. The first is the home, represented by important objects and details from our apartment. The second is about the environment, the Butte aux Cailles district in Paris. The images conjure the […]
Wood in Estonian Architecture
Estonian Institute in Hungary FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 1-25 March 2018 The Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association’s exhibition showcases the main building types, tendencies and most remarkable individual buildings of Estonian wood architecture. The exhibition spans several centuries, and provides an abundance of exiting examples of the various uses of wood in modern […]
In memoriam Zalaváry Lajos (1923–2018)
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Miklóssy Endre (1942–2018)
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