Moholy-Nagy: Future Present

Guggenheim Museum, New York, 27 May – 7 September 2016 László Moholy-Nagy (b. 1895, Borsód, Austria-Hungary; d. 1946, Chicago) believed in the potential of art as a vehicle for social transformation, working hand in hand with technology for the betterment of humanity. A restless innovator, Moholy-Nagy experimented with a wide variety of mediums, moving fluidly […]

Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture

Royal Academy of Arts, London, 26 January – 20. April 2016 Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture is an installation that will chart the course of British architecture from the sixteenth century to the present day through the work of twelve maverick architects: Robert Smythson, Sir John Vanbrugh, James Wyatt PRA, Sir John Soane […]

Josef Frank: Against design

MAK, Vienna, 16 December 2015 – 12 June 2016 Josef Frank (born in 1885 in the town of Baden near Vienna) is not only one of the most important Austrian architects of the 20th century, but also, with his designs for textiles and furniture, one of the modernist designers whose influence continues to be felt […]

DEMO:POLIS – The Right to Public Space

Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 12 March – 29 May 2016 DEMO:POLIS – The Right to Public Space presents the possibilities that the public has to shape its own city. The anonymous, virtual public space of the Internet and the real streets and squares are both locations for people’s demands as well as subject to their […]

Vízizrí – Workers’ Culture on the Banks of the Danube

Kassák Museum, 4 March – 5 June 2016 Modernisation, industrialisation and the move to the city significantly altered the fabric of Hungarian society at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The evolution of Budapest into a great city, the concentrated nature of industrial work and low-grade mass housing all radically changed the world […]

Pier Luigi Nervi – Architecture for Sport

MAXXI, Rome, 5 Februray – 2 October 2016 This exhibition features a host of drawings, photographs, documents and models from over 60 projects for sports facilities, much of drawn from the Nervi Archive in the MAXXI Architettura collections. A unique opportunity to examine the development of the design and constructional methods of the engineer from […]

IVANKA at the Milan Design Week

Milan Design Week, 12-17 April 2016 IVANKA’s fresh approach to concrete design was again demonstrated at the Milan Design Week between the 12 – 17 April. Next to an exclusive preview to IVANKA QTZ CONCRETE Edition the visitors had also the possibility to discover the KUVARO Volcano Baths. The company marked the 2016 edition of […]

Re: construction

Exhibition of Hetedik Műterem FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 3 December 2015 – 10 January 2016 Opening speech by Ferenc Cságoly Exhibition design: Ákos Polgárdi, Ágnes Rubik Sorry, the opening speech is only available in Hungarian.

Czech Houses

Széchenyi István University, Gallery, Győr, 8 February – 4 March 2016 Opening: 8 February 2016, 4.30 pm Opening speech by Jan Stempel curator Focused on family housing, the highlight of contemporary Czech architecture, the exhibition presents 33 exceptional designs by 33 architectural studios offering an insight into contemporary Czech architecture and urbanism. Showing a wide […]

BÉK Award for Excellence 2015

Budapest Chamber of Architects (BÉK) Award for Excellence 2015 Exhibition hall of the Hajdu-Bihar County Chamber of Architects, Debrecen, 28 January 26 – February 2016 Opening: 28 January 2016. január 28., 17 óra Opening speech by Imre Bálint architect, president of the Budapest Chamber of Archtiects More information on the awarded projects:www.bek.hu/index.php?c=nv_eredmeny2015

Where even the forest can be an actor!

FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 12 February – 2 March 2016 Opening: 12 February 2016, 7 pm Opening speech by Csaba Schulek Music: Imre Haáz saxophone and his friends Exhibitors: Fruzsina Czibulyás, Hajnalka Juhász, Edina Kasza, Eszter Kiss, András Papp, Zoltán Pénzes, Katalin Szommer, Máté Tóth Consultant: Péter Konrád Bulider: László Csányi Photographer: Hunor Holló

Identity and Culture 03

TDK 2014 – Exhibition of the Department of Industrial and Agricultural Building Design of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 5-10 February 2016 Opening: 5 February 2016, 6.30 pm Opening speech by János Dobai DLA (head of department), Anthony Gall PhD (architect), Lóránt Vass PhD (archeologist) Exhibitors: Sándor Novák, […]