Grand Canyon in a Glass Box

Inaugurated recently, the museum of Jewish history in Warsaw was designed by a Finnish architect, Rainer Mahlamäki. It faces the monument erected in 1948 to honour the ghetto revolt of 1943, joining it to make an integral spiritual – and to some extent also formal – unity on the site of the former ghetto, in the fabric of Warsaw made up of mainly…

Architects’ Camp in Bihar

It is the third year now that the Creative Workshop named dAM has been organized with the participation of young architects from the city. Registered in 2012 as the Creative Worskhop Architects’ Association, it was targeted to support and assist the continuous in-service training of architects and those interested in architecture living and working…

The Rebirth of the Heart of a Settlement

My diploma design is meant for my hometown, Alsónémedi to salvage at least partially the buildings of the former stationery factory in the centre standing vacant now for more than a decade. now. My plan is to clad this fragment of the past in a new, yet recognizable attire by retaining some parts of the existing building stock within the framework of…

Common Space – Common Heritage

The Hungarian government announced the launch of the National Heritage Program in 1998. In ten years an amount of roughly 7,5 million dollars was spent on restoring approximately 300 architectural monuments related to Hungarian cultural history located outside of the current borders of the country. Subsidies were mainly directed towards…

Revolutionary, Prophet, Worker

Dinning with prophets and scratching revolution as a socialist Dürer, Béla Kondor is still a legendary artist and is considered as one of the most significant artists of the Kádár era. Based on the legendary and the works left behind, the figure of an „uomo universale”, a modern Leonardo da Vinci was outlined in the art history and incommon knowledge.

Transition

Vásárhelyi Antal grafikusművész kiállítása
Károly Kós Hall, Association of Hungarian Architects, 22 July – 2 August
Opening: 22 July 2013, 6 p.m.
Greetings by Péter Gáborjáni Szabó architect
Opening speech by István Váncsa journalist

Improvisation is/as Architecture

3rd experimental research exhibition and conference of
‘JUST ARCHITECTURE?’ – FUGA Centre for Architecture in Budapest
Exhibition: October 28th to November 19th 2013
Conference: 7th and 8th of November 2013
We are calling for proposals by professionals and students critically…

Synagogue Architecture In East-Central Europe

Synagogue Architecture In East-Central Europe 1782-1944
Bastion Gallery, Kosice, 11-28 July 2013

Opening: 18 July 2013, 3 p.m.
Opening speech by Péter Pásztor architect

Architects in Szentendre

Szekko V. – Architects in Szentendre
Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre, 13 July – 8 September 2013
Opening: 13 July 2013, 6 p.m.
Greetings by: Márton Kálnoki-Gyöngyössy Ph.D. director
Opeining speech by János Golda architect

Architectural Photo of the Year 2013 Competition

Organized by the Association of Hungarian Architects,
Chamber of Hungarian Architects,
Architectural Photographers Open Society

Application is open for this years competition.

Nationalpark

The Natural History Museum of the Grisons is a centre of information on natural science. Its various activities present the nature and the characteristics of the canton Grisons to the broad public. It thus contributes to the environmental education and to the sustainable use of resources. It also aims at explaining common phenomena…