Medal for Hungarian Architecture The photo exhibition of Andrea Häider in the headquarters of the Association of Hungarian Architects focusses on the oeuvre of the architectural photographer receiving the Medal for Hungarian Architecture at the opening ceremony on 3rd October, 2016. The opening ceremony had a major part of the event series connecting to the […]
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 24. 09. – 20. 11. 2016 „The objective of the Hungarian Design Award announced by the Minister for National Economy is to showcase the achievements of Hungarian design and to promote the competitiveness of Hungarian products.” The Hungarian Design Award is announced by the Hungarian Design Council on behalf of […]
To protect the Római (Roman Coast) civilians organized a demonstration on 9 October, at 4 o’clock in the Római with the title Stand up to Római! They demand that consider the values of nature, trees and sand in the renewal plan of the coastline and ensure the Csillaghegy bay’s flood protection. PROGRAM 16.00: gathering in […]
Ideas competition of the Defo Labor and the Cultural Eleven Association The announcers of the BBB ideas competition (Defo Labor, Cultural Eleven Associaition) are looking for answers what character of public space could best serve the regeneration of Béla Bartók Boulevard in Budapest, to ensure that this public space, commercial and transportation route serves better […]
3 October 2016 The International Union of Architects (UIA), representing the world’s 1.3 million architects, announces the theme of World Architecture Day 2016 (Monday, 3 October 2016): “Design a Better World.” As the range of global challenges grows and intensifies, the role of architecture, planning and design are becoming ever more critical to ensuring a […]
András Krizsán DLA The Association of Hungarian Architects (Magyar Építőművészek Szövetsége, MÉSZ) elected András Krizsán as its new chairman at the general assembly of the organisation on June 6th, 2016. The new vice chairmen to support his activities are György Kerekes, János Golda and Gábor Zoboki, whilst new members of the management are Csaba Kovács, […]
The International Participation Text: György Szegő Photos: Hanna Szegő In our previous issue (2015/3) we have already presented the Hungarian exhibition at the recently opened –Venice Biennale. As we wrote there and then, the national pavilions do not follow the central slogan or they focus on it in an indirect way, which is yet another […]
On the Life, Death and Art of György Csete (1937–2016) Text: Miklós Sulyok Fotó: Zsitva Tibor György Csete had a basic principle on architecture which is best summed up as architecture in Hungarian. To use Hungarian language in architecture instead of foreign ones. His architecture, however, was filled with universal contents: however, it was his […]
Salutation to Hap Galéria and Barnabás Winkler The Hungarian Association of Archeology and Art History launched the award named after Imre Heinszlmann in 1989 to recognize achievements of individuals and institutions supporting the case of archeology, art history, applied arts and the protection of historic monuments and buildings in Hungary. At the end of 2015 […]
Ai Weiwei exhibition, 21er Haus, Vienna, 14 July – 20 November 2016 Photos: Andrea Fábián “Everything is art. Everything is politics”, says Ai Weiwei (born in 1957), one of the world’s most famous contemporary artists. As a conceptual artist, documentarian and activist, his works deal not only critically with the history, culture and politics of […]
MAK, Vienna, 14 July – 2 October 2016 The current interest in the multifaceted oeuvre of the Austrian- American architect, artist, designer, set designer, and theoretician Frederick Kiesler applies most of all to his holistic philosophy—the negation of the traditional boundaries drawn between disciplines—and the importance he ascribed to the productivefusion of artistic and empirical […]
Dubravka Đukanović: Architecture of Roman Catholic Churches in Vojvodina from 1699 to 1939 The Provincial Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, Petrovaradin Novi Sad, 2015 The monograph „Architecture of Roman Catholic Churches in Vojvodina from 1699 to 1939“ is a bilingual publication which presents the results of many years of research focused on the […]