Concept Contest for Citadella, Budapest

Association of Hungarian Architects, 13 December  2016 Text: Zsuzsa Beliczay Winning designs submitted for the concept contest for Citadella were presented during an event meant to launch new traditions in Károly Kós Hall of Architects’ House. The re-development of Gellért Hill, which is an outstanding landmark of the capital city, as well as a tourist […]

Média Architectural Awards 2016

Uránia National Movie Theatre, 11 December 2016 This year it was the 12th time that Építészfórum organised the evaluation and ceremony of Média architectural Awards in the middle of December in Uránia Movie Threatre. As a rule, the event is also an occasion to greet a master of architecture. In 2016 it was thus the […]

Iván Kotsis Medal 2016

Prize-giving ceremony Association of Hungarian Architects, 15 December 2016 Founded in 1989, the medal named after Iván Kotsis is actually a “fair play” prize awarded to Hungarian architects by the Association of Hungarian Architects year by year on December 15th, the birthday of its denominator based on nominations by a board of curators. At the […]

Rowing course finish line tower competition – presentations and discussion

Association of Hungarian Architects, Budapest, 28 February 2017 It is an old-new tradition of the Association of Hungarian Architects to provide an opportunity to present all the projects applied for the main architectural competitions in Hungary. On the first event of this long-term series of the association the applicants presented their work for the Rowing […]

Utopias in Practice Conference

Association of Hungarian Architects, 16-17 January 2017 According to the exhibition ‘Utopias in Practice’ of Péter Mújdricza architect, a two-day conference was held in the headquarters of the Association of Hungarian Architects in Budapest. The lecturers approached the topic by several aspects, some of them were precticing architects, designers, technology experts, art historians, even the […]

Citadella Ideas Competition

Presentation of the Citadella Ideas Competition Associaition of Hungarian Architects, 13 December 2016 It is an old-new tradition of the Association of Hungarian Architects to provide an opportunity to present all the projects applied for the main architectural competitions in Hungary. On the first event of this long-term series of the association the applicants presented […]

CLOSING EVENT OF “NAGYAPÁM HÁZA” PROJECT 2016

Associaition of Hungarian Architects, 18 November 2016 Program 15.05 Greetings by András Krizsán DLA, president of the Association of Hungarian Architects, “Nagyapám Háza” (My Grandfather’s House) project leader 15.15 “Nagyapám Háza” presentation by Ádám Bihari, “Nagyapám Háza” project manager 15.30 Project presentations of 2016 by Boldizsár Medvey and Gergő Radev camp leaders 16.30 SÁRKoLLEKTÍVA presentation […]

An Attempt to Dialogues

MÉSZ Evenings – Where are you heading, „Roman Riverbank”? Építészek Háza, 10 October 2016 Text: Zsuzsa Beliczay The discussion of MÉSZ (the Association of Hungarian Architects) held in October focussed on the flood control and protection of the Roman Riverbank. On the day before the event on October 10th, a peaceful demonstration of several thousands […]

To Master School Grade No. XXIV.

World Day of Architecture, 3 October 2016 The exhibition opened on the World Day of Architecture presented the materials submitted by the new grade of the Master School of Master Architect Association for their entrance examination. The opening speech by Lajos Arnóth was about the nine sciences complementing the seven free arts, amongst them about […]

A Garden of Eden in the Shadow of a Coup d’État

Expo 2016 Gardening World Exhibition Antalya, April 23-October 30th, 2016 Text and photos: Pál Lővei Turkey has been one of the most industrious participant of gardening exhibitions and world exhibitions for about 25 years now. Since then its presentations tend to be of larger and larger scales, and integrate contemporary architecture and design with well-conceived […]