The building of the Bánáti + Hartvig Architect Office and the design of Hanna Kopacz won this year's Media Architecture Award

The European Design Interior Design Special Prize was awarded to the designers of the Ártér Architectural Studio for the renovation of the Castle Gate in Szolnok.

The Bánáti + Hartvig Architects’ Office building and Hanna Kopacz’s design won this year’s Media Architecture Award, the organisers told MTI on Sunday.
The Architect Forum recognized the most outstanding works of this year for the 17th time as part of the Media Architecture Award gala at the Uránia National Film Theatre on Saturday evening.
The specialty of the professional event is that its judging takes place in front of the general public. This year, 79 designs, 63 buildings and 20 built environmental works were nominated by the designers, of which two family houses, a kindergarten, a gymnasium and an office competed for the award for the best building of the year.
The prize for the best building was awarded to the team of Bánáti + Hartvig Architects for their own office building by a jury composed of representatives of leading Hungarian media outlets and prominent experts of the profession. The intention of the managers of the office was to create their new headquarters by transforming an existing building. They did not want to build a new building so as not to burden the environment with the construction, but instead sought a site that could be recycled as much as possible and the existing elements could be built in, following the approach of circular architecture. In addition to the Best Building Award, the studio also won the Audience Award for Best Presentation from the Oratori Nativity Rhetoric School.
Among the plans, the jury is Hanna Kopacz, the Guardian. Public space development and type house awarded the best prize for his work in a Gypsy colony. Newly graduated from MOME Institute of Architecture in his master's work (consultants: Balázs Marián, Zsófia Zétényi) was looking for simple, practical and realistic solutions on what kind of architectural, urbanistic and landscape architecture tools can contribute to raising the standard of living of a Transylvanian gypsy settlement.
At the gala evening, the creators presented their own projects, which were evaluated by representatives of the media and the profession. In addition to the jury, the audience was also able to share their views in a preliminary online vote.
Based on the combined votes of Telex and the Architects' Forum, the public was pleased with the renovation of the Ligeti Studio Villa, which was designed by the monostudio.
The prize for the design that received the most votes from the public was awarded to BIVAK for its work submitted for the Budapest Student Town – Nagyvásártelep and its surroundings architectural design competition.
Bálint Kelemen (KÖZTI Zrt.) and Zita Németh (NÖF) won the public award for the category of built environment. The rehabilitation of the ruins of Szögliget-Szádvár was carried out within the framework of the National Castle Programme and the National Castle Programme, coordinated by NÖF National Heritage Development Nonprofit Ltd.
The Perika Prize was awarded to Ernő Rubik. The professional recognition held in memory of Erika Katalina Pásztor, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Architecture Forum, who died three years ago, is intended to honour the achievements of excellences who, in addition to architecture, innovatively create outstanding, socially impacting value in several scientific or artistic fields.
The Austrotherm Special Prize for Energy Efficiency was awarded to the Lukács Manufacture team for the design of Panorama cabins, while the Zoltán Kovács Memorial Prize was awarded to Lajta-Duna Construction and Waterproofing Ltd.
The European Design Interior Design Special Prize was awarded to the designers of the Ártér Architectural Studio for the renovation of the Castle Gate in Szolnok.
Gránit Pólus presented the Professional Grand Prix of the Architect Forum to Tibor Tatár, CEO of Futureal Development Zrt. The Special Prize for Large Projects was awarded to Ákos Csécsei, architect of DVM Group, for the renovation of the Erzsébet camp in Zánka. The Special Prize of the Solar Powered Real Estate Developments was awarded to Ildikó Bodóczi, owner of Harsányi Winery and Jr. The architect Zoltán Farkas took over from Optimum Solar.
Every year, the Architect Forum awards a master to whom many people look up as educators and creators, to whom many owe gratitude for their professional knowledge and help. This year Professor Tamás Meggyesi, emeritus, professor of the Department of Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and member of the Széchenyi Academy of Arts was recognized for his work.
At this year's competition, more than 160 works competed against each other, of which five finalists were selected by an international pre-jury in the building and design categories before the gala evening.