Four competitions.
Four buildings.
Six institutions.
Liget budapest.
Final results
19th December 2014, Budapest – The open, international design competition for the museum buildings to be built in the Városliget (City Park), to be completely renewed by 2018, has been closed. Based on the decision of the 11-member jury of prominent Hungarian and foreign professionals, of the close to five hundred anonymous projects submitted to the competition, the Museum of Ethnography will be built based on the plans of Vallet de Martinis DIID architectes (French), the House of Hungarian Music based on the plans of Sou Fujimoto Architects (Japanese).
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Final results
19th December 2014, Budapest – The open, international design competition for the museum buildings to be built in the Városliget (City Park), to be completely renewed by 2018 ...
New competition is launched
In the New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum competition conducted in the framework of the Liget Budapest International Design Competition the jury has not found any entry suitable for ...
QA period extended
We would like to inform you that the Promoters extend the Second Stage QA period with one week. Please find the new deadlines on the main page of the competition ...
THE JURY
Governmental commissioner, director, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Executive Director, Pritzker Architecture Prize, architect
Director, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, architect
Professor, AA London School of Architecture, architect
President, Hungarian Academy of Arts, interior designer
Chief Architect of Budapest
Architecture critic, Financial Times, architect
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Tampere University of Technology 1992-2004, architect
Member of Conseil d'État (France), former director, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Chief Architect of the Hungarian State
President, Association of Hungarian Architects, architect
UIA Representative (alternate), architect
President, Budapest Chamber of Architects, architect
President, Gyula Forster National Centre for Cultural Heritage Management, architect
Architect
Professor, Faculty of Architecture at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, architect
Liget Budapest International Design Competition
The Museum of Fine Arts Budapest and the Városliget Zrt. 100 % owned by the Hungarian State hereby announce an open, international, two-stage design competition for the design of museum buildings within the framework of the Liget Budapest Project on the territory of the City Park Budapest. By the construction of the new buildings, the complete renewal of the green area of the City Park, and the renovation of the institutions already present Liget Budapest will be one of Budapest’s leading, well-known tourist and cultural destinations and a unique family park recognised as such all over Europe.
Read moreTHE COMPETITION IS FREE
The Entrants meeting the requirements of the Competition Programme can register for the competition free, download the competition materials free, enter the competition and submit their entries also without charge.
Competitions: visions of the institutions
The New National Gallery & Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art
The New National Gallery provides a comprehensive overview of European culture and the Central European and Hungarian national identities through outstanding European artefacts of the modern age and the richest collection of Hungarian fine art. The Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art houses the latest contemporary culture.
Read moreMuseum of Ethnography
The Museum of Ethnography is the museum of people and their communities. The Museum is one of the earliest ethnographic institutions of Europe operating since 1872 and it is a social museum proud of its collection of outstanding value, and is also open to the future and to renewal; its building will be designed in this spirit. The Museum of Ethnography is a place where all members of society return with pleasure – because it mirrors themselves and their roots.
Read moreHungarian Museum of Architecture & FotoMuzeum Budapest
The Hungarian Museum of Architecture is the house of traditions and innovation. It is a research centre, exhibition venue and social forum with relevant programmes for the users and designers of the buildings, considering architecture a public matter and embracing its whole spectrum from the flat to the city. The FotoMuzeum Budapest is one of the most significant photographic collection, exhibition site and research centre of Central Europe. The exhibitions and programmes of the museum introduce world famous classical artists and also young pioneers and deal with the historical aspects of this art as much as with the analogue and digital technologies.
Read moreHouse of Hungarian Music
The House of Hungarian Music is the latest musical centre in Budapest as well as an interactive experience centre presenting the world of sounds. It is focused on the experiential and interactive exhibition of the whole span of Hungarian music history with uniquely complex functions among the museums of Hungary; it is not only an exhibition centre, but also an institution offering wide-ranging experiences and performing educational functions.
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