A Magyar Építőművészet és az egész magyar kultúra számára óriási jelentőségű esemény volt az eredetileg Korb Flóris és Giergl Kálmán tervezte, most megújult Zeneakadémia közelmúltban történt átadása, ünnepélyes megnyitása. a munka hatalmas szellemi és anyagi ráfordítást igényelt. éppen ezért méltánytalannak és elfogadhatatlannak…
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Hudec Week – Hungarian Architecture Forum – Shanghai
For the invitation of the Association of Architects in Shanghai, a ten-member delegation visits the program of the Hudec week in Shanghai in December 2013. Lecture topics of the professional program: Hudec and his Contemporaries, Hungarian Vernacular Architecture, Art Nouveau in Hungary, Organic Architecture, Contemporary Architecture…
The Country of Silence
About Finland, from a different angle
FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 5 December 2013 5 p.m.
Lecture by Attila Ertsey architect and Erik Szabó ethnologist on the Finnish architecture, design, environment, and the Kamppi Chapel of Silence in Helsinki. Guest: Tamás Dévényi architect
Recycling Socialism
‘Recycling Socialism’ was the theme of this year’s Architectural Biennale in Tallinn, Estonia. In an effort to reflect Estonians’ conflicted relationship with the country’s Socialist past, curators hosted exhibitions in some of the capital’s most iconic and problematic buildings. Recycling Socialism, the 2013 Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB)…
Urban Landscape No. 8.
Károly Sándor Áron is an artist who is constantly analyzing himself, his actions and his attitude towards the world and art, in order to improve. This is why his work can seem to be a bit chaotic, regarding themes and techniques raised. He is a constant experimenter combining a wide range of photographic and art techniques, sizes and materials…
Copenhagen Solutions
The City of Copenhagen wants to become the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025. And Copenhagen is already well on its way. Providing the city with integrated transportation systems has reduced traffic congestion and pollution to levels that are extremely low compared to many other big cities. One indication of this is that the number of…
Oelschläger / Lajos Őry
Architect Ľudovít Oelschläger (1896–1984), a native of Košice, studied architecture in Budapest. After graduation he gained practical experience at architectural offices in Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart. In 1924 he returned to Košice. Apart from his native town, his works can also be seen in other towns in Slovakia and Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia.
Digital Learning Materials
As part of the TÁMOP-4.1.2.A/1-11/1-2011-0055 project the Department of Residential Buildings of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics will publish new digital learning materials on their website – digitalistananyagok.tumblr.com – in January 2014 in the following topics: Dwelling houses, Family houses…
Pro Architectura Award, 2013
The Pro Architectura prize is awarded as a prestigious official recognition by the ministry for outstanding architectural achievements of architects and designers. This year’s Pro Architectura prizes are ceremoniously handed over by dr. Sándor Pintér, Minister of Interior in the marble hall of the Ministry. In 2013 those buildings are awarded that have given…
A World Formulated into Architecture
The expositives below are unusual in our periodical, as they present a new building and a current event in a different way than usual. At the end of September an exhibition was opened in the Kepes Centre, Eger, documenting the activities of Dezső Ekler as an architect. And within a short time a complex of several buildings on Somló Hill designed by him…
Museo-logic
As the competition titled Liget Budapest inviting architectural ideas has come to an end, we have now the winning designs, and quite a few concepts that have been purchased too. After a longish prelude, and a lot of professional and political debates as well as non-professional discussions, the concept of the Museum District has come…
Transport Theme Park
One of the most extensive rust zones of Budapest, Rákosrendező depot railway station covers almost 100 hectares. This diploma design treats the revitalisation project of its communication routes in a generous way. Worked out as a concept of open-space architecture, it focussed on a 50 hectare part of the former railway zone bordered by a stream…