This is the first time that a Makovecz building that only existed on paper before (there are nearly 300 building designs like that) will now be brought to life. Implementation will take place under the framework of Government Decree no. 2022/2015 and will be financed from the Imre Makovecz Tender Fund.

As the first step, a ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Holy Mary Chapel took place near Zalaegerszeg, on the shore of Gébárti lake on 18.07.2018.

Further information on the event is available at the following (Hungarian language) link:
Zalaegerszegi Televízió, Zala megyei hírportál, Zala média

A series of interviews titled “New songs of new times” presents artists and creations of various art forms in a new, fresh approach. The interviews scrutinize the creative process and how artists feel while it is happening.

The latest edition presents the Városkút house designed by Imre Makovecz. Interviewees include Pál Makovecz, the son of the late architect; Lőrinc Csernyus, Ybl-prize winner architect and a former student of Makovecz; and Lilla Berta, an architect associate of the Foundation.

A video of the interview is available at: Film

Yekaterinburg is the fifth Russian city to host the Imre Makovecz exhibition “Connecting Sky and Earth…”. The exhibition was opened by chief consul Sergei Szűcs and HAA secretary general dr. Tamás Kucsera in representation of Hungary, and by Sophia Habibullina, deputy dean of the Ural State University for Architecture and Arts and Yelena Stubova, director of the Museum of Architecture and Design in representation of Russia. The exhibition was curated by Lőrinc Csernyus, member of the Imre Makovecz Foundation’s board of trustees. After the opening ceremony, Lőrinc Csernyus held a guided tour of the exhibition.

From June on each month’s first Monday is a time for thematic lectures under the name Makovecz Café for the visitors of the Makovecz Center and Archives. Within its framework both experts and laymen can get closer to the work and spirit of Imre Makovecz.

On the first occasion Ybl-prize winning architect and former Makovecz student Lőrinc Csernyus spoke about oriental influences that heavily affected the work of Imre Makovecz, and the results of their translation into architecture.