…and the idea takes shape…

Albert Schickedanz, Builder of the Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, 5 September 2015 – 18 October 2015 The twentieth of July this year marks the centenary of the death of the architect of Heroes’ Square, and next year we celebrate the 120th anniversary of the building of Műcsarnok. These two important dates present the opportunity to host […]

Joze Plecnik (1872–1957)

The Karst man – The Slovenian Connection Kunsthalle, Budapest, 12 August – 27 September 2015 Plecnik studied in Vienna in Otto Wagner’s master school during the second part of the 1890s. He then worked in Vienna until the end of World War I. He taught at the School of Art and Design in Prague from […]

Green Spectacle

EXPO Milan, May 1st-October 31st, 2015 Text: György Szegő Photos: Hanna Szegő, György Szegő The topic of the Milan-based world exhibition which is an architectural survey taking place in 2015 covering an area of 1 million square metres is as follows: „To nurture Planet Earth and give energy to Life”. This year’s EXPO presents a […]

HOT TO COLD

An odyssey of architectural adaptation On the heels of its summer blockbuster BIG Maze, the international design firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) returns to the National Building Museum with a behind-the-scenes look at its creative process. The exhibition, HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation, takes visitors from the hottest to the coldest parts […]

Shaping Field

Ágnes Németh Ágnes Exhibition MűvészetMalom, Szentendre, 18 July – 6 September 2015 Opening: 18 July 2015, 6 p.m. Opening speech by dr. Erzsébet Tatai art historian

Open-mindedness and Experimentation

The Month of Landscape Architecture, 2015 Text: Ágnes Bechtold Photos: Attila Glázer April is a month devoted to landscape design and architecture. This year the rich variety of programmes on offer associated with it continued even in May, including three events for professionals: besides the ceremony of handing over The Landscape Designer of the Year […]

Világok jövői

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The Kitchen and its Furniture

Hofmobiliendepot, VIenna, 4 March 2015 – 26 July 2015 The modern fitted kitchen with standard cabinet units, a running water supply and built-in electrical appliances did not emerge until the twentieth century. However, the history of kitchen furniture and equipment goes back much further. For millennia people cooked on open fires, and a single kitchen […]

A Zene Háza Észtországban

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Lechner, az alkotó géniusz

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