September 16 was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
This designation was made on December 19, 1994, in commemoration of the date, in 1987, on which nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
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Competition for László Teleki Memorial
Competition for two memorials in Teleki Square, Budapest: the László Teleki Memorial and an other memorial dedicated to the history of Teleki Square.
Organizers: Budapest VIII. District Municipality and BTM Budapest Gallery
Deadline for the application: 2 September 2013
“Me and the Római” – Photo Competition
The aim of the photo competition is to present the urban values of the Római Shore in the life of Budapest.
Send your photos showing your own view of Római!
Categories: Contemporary photo and archive photo
Deadline: 24 August 2013
MTK Corporate Design
The new corporate design of the MTK Football Club Budapest was presented to the public this week. Among the participants there were students, DLA students and professors for the open design competition in cooperation with the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. The winner of the competition is Marcell Tamás.
Themes EUROPAN 13 – Call for Contributions
Europan 12 is still running and yet it is already time to prepare the theme of the coming Europan 13 competition. Defining the subject is necessary to begin looking for sites in the different European countries. It is thus important to formulate a good theme issue in order to motivate the cities to propose interesting contexts for urban and architectural…
Architects in the Studio Vol. 01
Space-recycling Strategies – Lecture and discussion
Studio Gallery, Budapest, 16 July 2013
Lectures by Gergely Hory, Nóra Lukácsi, Péter Müllner, Soma Pongor
Location: Studio Gallery (Budapest 1077, Rottenbiller u. 35.)
46. Savaria Urban Planning Summer University
Sustainable Urbanism?
Architects’ Camp – Vas Hill (Vaskeresztes, Felsőcsatár)
19-21 July 2013
Savaria Urban Planning Summer University (Szombathely)
21-16 July 2013
An On-Site Board Meeting of MÉSZ
The new board of the Association of Hungarian Architects (MÉSZ) started its work a year ago. In autumn 2012 it launched a process to intensify its connections with local representatives of the profession by organizing on-site board meetings. Those held in Miskolc, Pécs and at the Budapest-based Technical University were now followed…
Zalaváry Aged 90
The stages of the long professional career of Lajos Zalaváry is marked by buildings that have turned out to be emblematic as a rule. The specialist architectural press, however, tends to praise the hygiene baths designed by him and built between 1960 and 1963 in Jászberény. It is not by accident: the building is still a striking one…
Mondrian Overlooking a Hill
After the old Felhévíz, Ürömi Street receives passers-by with a striking view from a street on the hillside. The memory of dwellers of this neighbourhood cultivating vineyards in the past are preserved here and there, amongst the rows of single- or two-storey family homes, making an overall impression like that of a constructivist painting in vivid colours.
Spatial Play with Forms and Function in the Forest
In a district of Pécs with a spectacular atmosphere, at the end of Miléva Street turning off the road to the Misina, there is just one site in the forest. Erected amongst the trees, this complex has been awarded several architectural prizes in 2012 and if it allowed itself to be more exposed, it would probably be referred to as one of the sights…
Alternative Architectures
The designs made by nine young architects from Borsod are basically grouped around two characteristic nodes. One of them being a potential middle-class development with prototypes chosen according to proportions, scales and functions instead of actual samples and historic forms – of course relying upon contemporary technology, structures…