The Fifth Tree Ring

A Brief Survey 2015 – Restoring Historic Buildings in Pest County Text: Gábor Nagy The leaflet titled A Brief Survey (in Hungarian: Egy kis mustra) has been published now for the fifth time with the ambition to present restoration projects of historic buildings completed in the current year. Launched in 2011, the year when governmental […]

Alejandro Aravena

Alejandro Aravena of Chile receives the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize He practices architecture as an artful endeavor in private commissions and in designs for the public realm and epitomizes the revival of a more socially engaged architect. 
Chicago, IL (January 13, 2016) — Alejandro Aravena of Chile has been selected as the 2016 Pritzker Architecture […]

The tale of urban regeneration

SEM IX. Conference, Budapest, 23-24 November 2015 23 November 2015 – Conference Venue: Institut français de Budapest, 1011 Budapest, Fő u. 17. 9.30 Opening: Levente POLYÁK (KÉK Contemporary Architecture Centre) 9.45 Dr. Ferenc GEGESY (Mayor of Ferencváros between 1990 and 2010) 10.15 Katalin ANDA (chief architect of Ferencváros between 1989 and 1995) 10.45 Bernard BOCLÉ […]

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.

The Master of Light 2015

Tha Master of Light 2015 award went to Palatium Stúdió Kft. for the Metro 4, Budapest, Újbuda-Központ Station. The Junior Maaster of Light award went to Dorottya Kiss for the Lampa Magnifico project. More information: www.afenymestere.hu

Think again the Great Boulevard of Budapest!

Student competition Application deadline: 25 March 2016 12.00 The duration of the students’ work: three weeks between 4-22 April 2016. 4-8 April 2016 LECTURES Lectures related to retail and development, business street history, retail and urban development operation, correlations 9-21 April 2016 ELABORATION Development of the marketing communications plan 22 April 2016 EVALUATION The presentation […]

Statement of the Association of Hungarian Architects

Resolutions of the Presidency of the Association of Hungarian Architects on the 456/2015. (XII. 29.) Government Decree about the application for the construction of residential buildings and some changes of the building regulations Sorry, the statement 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

Thinking Spatially

Book presentation Hungarian Society for Urban Planning, 4 february 2016, 5 pm Program 17:10 Greetings – Imre Körmendy, president of the Hungarian Society for Urban Planning 17:20 Anniversary greetings – Phil Williams, president of the Royal Town Planning Institute 17:40 Why “spatial”? – Dr Mike Harris, RTPI 18:00 Why “thinking”? – Roland Láposi 18:20 Roundtable […]

Thursday School XXI

Lecture series organized by the Architectural Department of the Society of Village Development and the Association of Hungarian Architects in the House of Architects 4 February 2016, 5 pm Dezső Horváth psysicist THE CREATION OF THE WORLD – BIG BANG AND GENESIS 10 March 2016, 5 pm Lajos Szántai historian HISTORICAL RESEARCH OF THE ROYAL […]

2015:Landscape Odyssey

Book presentation FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 5 February 2016, 5 pm Following the success of the Landscape Odyssey 2010 posters exhibition series in Hungary, we intend to collect the best landscape projects between 2010-2015 and hereby we’re inviting you to join our initiative. Landscape Odyssey 2010 included high quality landscape architectural projects from Hungary, […]