The ideas competition announced by the local government of Miskolc focusses on the development of the former Central Girls’ College, turning it into a incubator house with the quality of an A class office building. Application deadline: 15 June 2016 More information: www.mek.hu
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Völgy-park
Ideas competition announced by the local goverment of Kazincbarcika aims to design a new indoor-outdoor event hall in Völgy-park, the recently renewed green area in the city centre. Within the new recreational area the new event hall serves as a multifunctional, community centre, and also becomes the new emblematic, colorful landmark of the city. Application […]
Csontváry – Ideas competition
Ideas competition for design a new, high quality exhibition space to hold and show Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka’s works and also to find the most suitable location or venue for the museum. Application deadline: 31 May 2016 More information: http://csontvarypalyazat.hu/
Multifunctional public service site, Szombathely
Architectural competition for a new public service site owned by the local government of Szombathely to serve as an optimally and cost effectively controlled central site, and also a unified industrial park. Application deadline: 30 May 2016 More information: http://www.mek.hu/index.php?link=SZOVA_2016
SE Faculty of Health Sciences Property Development III.
Architectural competition for the expansion of the Semmelweis University’s building on Szentkirályi Street, Budapest. The new complex will be host as a training facility for health development. The complex will be constructed in two phases. Application deadline: 17 May 2016 More information: www.mek.hu
Dunavarsány Naprózsa residential complex – Student competition
The aim of the student brainstorming competition announced by the Dunavarsány-2000 Lakásépítő és Szolgáltató Kft. to collect ideas and plans they are facilitating the development of Naprózsa residential complex. Application deadline: 18 May 2016 More information: www.naprozsa.hu Registration: http://www.mek.hu/index.php?link=Hallgatoi_otletpalyazat_Dunavarsany_2016#REGISZTRACIO
Solar Decathlon 2018
The Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME) was created through an agreement signed between Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and the Department of Energy of the United States of America, in June 2015, in order to organize a sustainable solar houses competition in Dubai in 2018. The 2018 edition of this competition is organized by […]
Public Buildings – Changing Aspects
Lectures and Discussion, FUGA, January 22nd, 2016 Text: Eszter Götz The Public Buildings Design Department of the Budapest University of Technology has commemorated its 70th anniversary. Head of the department, Mihály Balázs and his colleagues decided to celebrate it by defining its present position and trying to find its possible trends of the future instead […]
Freestyle or In a Responsible Way
Opinions on the Cancellation of Licensing the Construction of Detached Family Houses Text: Éva Tétényi A governmental decree came into effect at the end of December, 2015 with the ambition to simplify the licensing procedure of constructing detached family houses with an area of less than 300 m2. Written as apropos of this decree, this […]
Telluric power
The New St George’s Church in Józsa District, Debrecen Architect: Zoltán Győrffy Text: Tamás Meggyesi Photos: Zsolt Batár The newly built church primarily impresses the visitor via its gently proportionate mass and unique, homogeneous material qualities. The simple, acute-angled tent-roofed mass with a low parapet is harmoniously complemented by the structure of the belfry which […]
The Synthesis of Dignity
The Remodelling and Extension of the Clinic, Pécs Architects: Csikós Zoltán, Peity Attila Text: dr. Kiss Zsolt István Photos: Csikós Zoltán Suited to accommodate 400 patients, the clinic was a characteristic building of the University of Medicine in Pécs. Designed by Lajos Gádoros, it was opened in 1966 which was enriched with a significant extension […]
From train depot to a public space
Railway Station, Pécs Architect: Tibor Hajós Text: Mónika Pilkhoffer Photos: Tibor Zsitva It was a milestone for Pécs in 2010 that the city, being an European Culture Capital then, was given the chance to get enriched with several new cultural and infrastructural developments. An exception was the building of the railway station which had been […]