The BETA competition supports and promotes architecture in its various forms and manifestations. As the main event of the BETA* architecture biennial in Timișoara, the competition is intended to be a relating interface both within the profession and between the profession and the socio-cultural environment in which it operates. Relying on contextual similarities, the competition […]
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Job advertisement – Secretary of the MÉSZ
The Association of the Hungarian Archtiects (MÉSZ) looking for a new secretary. Important tasks for the job: secretarial duties, proposal writing, administration, event organisation, communication. Application deadline: 15 August 2016 Evaluation deadline: 15 September 2016 The whole text of the job advertisment
Wanted – The model of the Bath in Jászberény
We are searching for Lajos Zalaváry architect’s model for the Bath in Jászberény opened in 1958. If you recognize the model or you have any information on its whereabouts, please contact us via the following e-mail address: epitomuveszet@gmail.com Thank you for your cooperation, the editors
Indoor Swimming Pool in Etelka sor, Szeged
The aim of the competition is to find the best design and designer for the new indoor swimming pool in the Etelka sor Sports Center in Szeged. Application deadline: 5 September 2016 More information: mek.hu
Vándoriskola 2016
The “Vándoriskola” of the Kos Karoly Association announced admission for young architects. “Vándoriskola” 2016 admission design: boiler room, heating plant for Manréza House for spiritual retreat Deadline: 31 August 2016 More information, contact: Csernyus Lőrinc Triskell Kft., 1034 Bp., Kecske utca 25. – tel.: (1) 388 1707 Füzes András Makona Kft., 1034 Bp., Kecske utca […]
Dósa nádor Square, Debrecen
The architectural competition aims the renewal of the Dósa nádor Square in Debrecen, along with the utilization of the eastern wall of the Town Hall, the extension of the downtown pedestrian zone, and the architectural and urban concept of the musical block in Csapó Street. Application deadline: 27 June 2016 More information and documentation: portal.debrecen.hu
National Awards and Prizes
March 15th, 2016 Initiated by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, János Áder, President of Hungary handed over national awards of merit on the anniversary of the Revolution and War of Independence in the 1848/49. The prizes were delivered by Ministers János Lázár and Zoltán Balogh. Of the authors given recognitions now we are hereby writing about […]
13th International Architecture Congress
16 March 2016 Text: Anna Zöldi The 13th International Architectural Congress sensitively reacted to what mostly excites Europe nowadays: it has invited its lecturers with the slogan „the meeting of cultures”. Although there were only five genuinely international lecturers, we could grasp a comprehensive survey wittingly embedded into a framework reflecting our local conditions. It […]
8th Budapest Architecture Film Days
3-6 March 2016 Text: Anna Zöldi Organized for the 8th time this year, the days of films on architecture has been true to its original mission again. Evolving into the most prestigious event of the region, this survey of films does not only evoke architecture as clad in an artistic kimono or a majestic robe, […]
MOME Campus Development Scheme
Results of the Contest In accordance with the governmental decree dating from 2014, the most significant development scheme of the creative industry in Hungary was launched at the Moholy-Nagy University of Arts with the aim to create MOME Campus – Creative Innovative Science Park primarily ambitioning to protect the existing values of the campus as […]
Moderate Approaches
National Heritage Park, Ópusztaszer Architect: István Murka Text: Anna Zöldi Photos: Tibor Zsitva The National Heritage Park in Ópusztaszer has been enriched with three sincere buildings of various characters reflecting the logic of their individual functions. István Murka, the architect in charge of the project ambitioned to re-configurate the former random spatial structure whilst integrating […]
Opening a Gate
Ludovika Campus Boarding School, Budapest Architects: József Finta, Tamás János Szabó Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Embracing Orczy Gardens, the complex contains all the institutions of the National University of Public Service launched in the beginning of 2012. First of all the restoration of the main building of Ludovika was completed in the spring […]