Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, 28-29 April 2016 ‘Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism’ is a two-day long series of lectures, movie screenings and events connected to post-war Central and Eastern European architecture. From the forgotten Communist monuments of Bulgaria to the genealogy of the Alexanderplatz and to public buildings and transportation hubs of the former Socialist countries, […]
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 […]
The ideas competition announced by the local government of Miskolc focusses on the development of the former Central Girls’ College, turning it into a incubator house with the quality of an A class office building. Application deadline: 15 June 2016 More information: www.mek.hu
Ideas competition announced by the local goverment of Kazincbarcika aims to design a new indoor-outdoor event hall in Völgy-park, the recently renewed green area in the city centre. Within the new recreational area the new event hall serves as a multifunctional, community centre, and also becomes the new emblematic, colorful landmark of the city. Application […]
Ideas competition for design a new, high quality exhibition space to hold and show Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka’s works and also to find the most suitable location or venue for the museum. Application deadline: 31 May 2016 More information: http://csontvarypalyazat.hu/
Architectural competition for a new public service site owned by the local government of Szombathely to serve as an optimally and cost effectively controlled central site, and also a unified industrial park. Application deadline: 30 May 2016 More information: http://www.mek.hu/index.php?link=SZOVA_2016
Architectural competition for the expansion of the Semmelweis University’s building on Szentkirályi Street, Budapest. The new complex will be host as a training facility for health development. The complex will be constructed in two phases. Application deadline: 17 May 2016 More information: www.mek.hu
The aim of the student brainstorming competition announced by the Dunavarsány-2000 Lakásépítő és Szolgáltató Kft. to collect ideas and plans they are facilitating the development of Naprózsa residential complex. Application deadline: 18 May 2016 More information: www.naprozsa.hu Registration: http://www.mek.hu/index.php?link=Hallgatoi_otletpalyazat_Dunavarsany_2016#REGISZTRACIO
The Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME) was created through an agreement signed between Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and the Department of Energy of the United States of America, in June 2015, in order to organize a sustainable solar houses competition in Dubai in 2018. The 2018 edition of this competition is organized by […]
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 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 […]
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 […]