András Ferkai DSc

professor

András Ferkai DSc

professor

Field of education Theoretical Studies
Field of research architectural history, architectural theory, monument protection of modern works, environmental cultures
Institution Institute for Theoretical Studies

Bio

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I received a degree in Architecture at the Budapest University of Technology, and then I graduated from the MÉSZ-ÉTE Master School. I worked in design offices for ten years, after that I edited the magazine Magyar Építőművészet. With the scholarship of the MTA-Soros Foundation, I researched the dominant architectural ideas of the Horthy era, and my dissertation on changes in the concept of national architecture was made as part of this research. Most of my publications are related to Hungarian and Central European architecture between the two world wars, but I also dealt with the creators and works of the generation that started after 1945. I used to write a lot about street furniture, environmental culture, and lately the relationship between housing and urban planning is more exciting, especially the patterns that can provide lessons for today as well.

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Professional achievements, publications
Axe or mirror? Architectural journals in post-war Hungary. In: Modernism and the Professional Architecture Journal Reporting, Editing and Reconstructing in Post-War Europe, London, United Kingdom / England: Routledge, (2018) pp. 112-130.
Sixties: Another attempt to explore an era. ARS HUNGARICA 44 : 2 pp. 117-134. , 18 p. (2018)
Institutional History and Intellectual Workshops Chapters, In: András, Ferkai (Ed.) KÖZTI 66. History of a design office I. 1949-1991, Budapest, Hungary: Vince Publishing House, (2015) pp. 15-84 and 85-150., 70+66 p.
City Analysis: Social Commitment or Cold Professionalism? The Case of Hungary. In: Gregor, Harbusch; Bruno, Maurer; Muriel, Pérez; Kees, Somer; Daniel, Weiss (szerk.) Atlas of the Functional City : CIA
Architecture by Zoltán Farkasdy, Budapest, Hungary: HAP Design Office Kft. (2014) , 285 p. ISBN: 9789638755148
Lakógépből parasztházba? (From an appartment-machine to a farmhouse?): Changing tastes in Hungarian residential architecture in the 1930s. In: Antónia, Szász; Fruzsina, Kirzsa (Eds.). Mysteries of Culture Budapest, Hungary: L’Harmattan, Magyar Kulturális Antropológiai Társaság (Hungarian Society for Cultural Anthropology), (2013) pp. 231-245.
A 20th century monument?: Dilemmas and experiences on the protection of architectural monuments of the 20th century. In: Magda, Ferch (Ed.) For the protection of the built heritage. Budapest: Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia (Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts), (2011) pp. 168-174.
Farkas Molnár, Budapest, Hungary: TERC Trade and Service Kft. (2011) , 463 p. ISBN: 9789639968134.
Is Life a form of Art? Remarks on the mentality of two Central-European architects, CAHIERS D'ETUDES HONGROISES 12 : 1 pp. 24-28. , 5 p. (2005)
The architecture of Buda between the two world wars: Artistic monuments, Budapest, Hungary: Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research Institute of Art History (1995), 287 p. ISBN: 9637381570.
Prizes, scholarships
2012 Opus Mirabile Award
2011 Farkas Molnár Award
2007 Lajos Németh Award
2002 Miklós Ybl Award
1999 Soros Foundation artistic award
1998 Visiting Scholar research scholarship in CCA Centre Montreal
1988-89 Hungarian Academy of Sciences-Soros Foundation scholarship for research on the history of Hungarian architecture between the two world wars
1987 Podmaniczky memorial medal (from the Capital City for the reconstruction of ERMA portal)

PhD/DLA Students

Andrea Szakál