László Földes (born 1959) is a
Hungarian architect.
He studied architecture at the
Technical University of Budapest
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, where he received his degree in 1985. After that he held a scholarship at the
Helsinki
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University of Technology. One year later, in 1989 he returned to
Finland
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to work in the
Kari Järvinen-
Timo Airas architect studio. He founded his own architectural firm in 1994 in
Budapest
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.
His most important works include the Forest School in
Visegrád
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(with Gábor Turányi), the gymnasium of Toldy High School located next to the slope of
Buda Castle
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, W.E.T. Innovation Center in Pilisszentiván, and three dwelling houses in
Maassluis
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It received city rights in 1811.
History
Maassluis was founded circa 1340 as a se ...
, the
Netherlands
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. First time in the world he built in his dwelling house at Szilas-brook,
Budapest
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the
Red dot design award
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-winner "light transmitting concrete" (
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) invented by a young Hungarian architect,
Áron Losonczi
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He was elected to UIA (
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) Council on the General Assembly held in Turin, Italy, July 2008.
Awards
* 1985 Diploma Prize, Apartment building, Király Street, Budapest
* 1997 Pro Architectura Award (Forest School in Visegrád)
* 2004 Toldy 150 emlékérem, (Toldy Gimnázium tornaterme)
* 2004 Pro Architectura Award (WET Innovation Center, Pilisszentiván (now
Gentherm Hungary Kft.
* 2005 Fair Play Award, NOC of Hungary, "Action Category", Toldy High School
* 2005 Media Architecture Award (Dwelling house + light - transmitting concrete))
* 2006 Ybl Miklós Award
* 2011 "House of the Year 2011", (House with steel porch, Nagykovácsi)
Design competitions
* 1999 3 houses – Maassluis, Netherlands – invited competition - I. place
* 2004 High Court of Justice and Attorney General's Office – Győr - national competition - II. place
* 2006 Reformatic Church, Nagykovácsi- invited competition – II. place
* 2006 Paks, Erzsébet Hotel - invited competition – shared I. place
* 2007 Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Budapest, Vigadó Street - invited competition- II. place
* 2008 Balatonalmádi Health Center - invited competition – I. place
* 2009 Kemenes Vulcanopark Visitor Center, Celldömölk - open competition - I. place
* 2010 Enlargement of National Museum, national competition - III. place
* 2010 Pestszentimre, Kindergarten, national competition - I. place
Exhibitions
* 1996 Piran, Piran days of architecture, Forest School in Visegrád
* 2002 Piran, Piran days of architecture, WET Innovation Center
* 2003 Budapest, Műcsarnok, „Közben”
* 2004 London, RIBA, „Hungarian Architecture Today”, WET Innovation Center
* 2004 Glasgow, Lighthouse „Hungarian Architecture Today”, WET Innovation Center
* 2004 Leiden, Freiburg, Graz, Kolozsvár, Tranzit 15 traveling exhibition, FL interview, videoinstallation
* 2005 Berlin, DAZ, „Emerging Identities! East”, Gym of Toldy High School Gym
* 2006 Budapest Historical Museum, Three centuries of the Györgyi-Giergl Families
* 2006 Budapest, N&n Galéria, Lane schedule, independent exhibition
* 2010 Budapest, Műcsarnok, Modellfest
* 2013 Piran, Piran days of architecture, Kemenes Volcanopark
* 2014 Budapest, Műcsarnok, I. Architectural National Salon; Sauflon, Kemenes Volcanopark
Hungarian projects
* 1996 Forest School, Visegrád, „Pro Architectura Award” (Turányi, Földes, Göde,)
* 1999 Tree houses, Maassluis, Hollandia (Földes, Pethő)
* 2002 W.E.T. Innovation Center (today
Gentherm Hungary Kft., Pilisszentiván, „Pro Architectura Award” (Pethő, Földes)
* 2004 Dwelling house, Budapest, „Media Architectural Award” (Földes)
* 2004 Gym of Toldy Gimnázium, Budapest, „Pro Architectura Award” (Földes, Mórocz)
* 2005 Ladányi house, Nagykovácsi, realized, (Földes)
* 2006 Residential building, Budapest, realized, (Földes, Gönczi)
* 2006 Lisznyai Street, Attic building, Budapest (Földes, Fuferenda, Abou Abdo)
* 2006 High Court of Justice, Debrecen, realized, (Koller, Csatai, Földes, Pethő)
* 2007 Szegvár, renovation of County Hall, licensing plan, monument (Földes, Mórocz)
* 2008 Mikos Castel Hotel, Mikosszéplak, licensing plan, monument (Földes, Balogh)
* 2009 Etyek, urban study plan, (Földes, Sugár, Losonczi)
* 2009 „L” house, Lábatlan, realized, (Földes, Gönczi)
* 2009 House with steel porch, Nagykovácsi „House of the Year 2011” (Földes, Balogh)
* 2010 Toldy High School, reconstruction of the main building, I. phase, realized, (Földes, Vértesy)
* 2011 Archbishop’s Palace in Eger, Visitor Center, construction plan, monument (Földes, Farkas, Vértesy)
* 2011 Zsámbék, Nursery, realized, (Földes, Balogh)
* 2011 Balatonalmádi Health Center, realized, (Földes, Balogh)
* 2011 Steel-terrace house, Budapest (Földes, Holics, Csűri)
* 2012 Nagykovácsi, chapel reconstruction, realized (Földes, Golda)
* 2012 Szabadkígyós, Wenckheim Castel, licensing plan, monument (Földes, Balogh)
* 2012 Kiskőrös, János Vitéz Visitor Center, licensing plan (Földes, Balogh, Szlabey)
* 2013 Keszthely, Amazon house interior design, tenderplan, monument (Földes, Szlabey, Deigner)
* 2013 Keszthely Festetics Castel interior design, tenderplan, monument (Földes, Szlabey, Balogh)
* 2013 Keszthely, Festetics Kastély Castel, tenderplan, monument (Csontos, Balogh, Földes)
* 2013 Gyula, Almásy-Wenckheim Castel, construction plan, monument (Földes, Balogh)
* 2013 The Long Brick House, Pilisborosjenő, (Földes, Sónicz)
* 2013 Black and White ház, Budaörs, (Földes, Sónicz)
* 2013 Graphisoft Dormitory and Incubatorhouse, Budapest, study plan (Földes, Sirokai)
* 2013 Zirci Abbey, Visitor Center, installation, monument (Szlabey, Vértesy, Földes)
* 2013 Egervár, Nádasdy-Széchenyi Castely, interior design, monument (Szlabey, Vértesy, Földes)
* 2013 Kemenes Volcanopark Visitor Center, Celldömölk (Földes, Balogh, Tatár-Gönczi)
* 2013 Sauflon Center of Innovation, Gyál, Hungary, (Földes, Csűri, Holics)
* 2013 Nagykovácsi, Nursery, construction plan (Földes, Sónicz)
* 2014 Tihany, Old Port (Földes, Farkas, Sugár)
Foreign projects
* 1990 Residential Houses, Jollas, Helsinki (Airas)
* 1991 School, Imatran Koulu, Finnország (Järvinen, Airas, Himanen)
* 1991 School, Mankkaan Koulu, Espoo (Järvinen, Airas)
* 1999 Three houses, Maassluis, Hollandia (Földes, Pethő)
* 2007 Sports center and hotel, design project, Vyborg, Oroszország (Jankovics, Deák, Földes)
Selected publications
* 1997 Domus N/795 (Milano), Forest School in Visegrád
* 1999 World Architecture’80, (London), Forest School in Visegrád
* 1999 Octogon, ‘99/1, Tree houses Maasslouis, Hollandia, (Budapest)
* 2000 History of Hungary’s Architecture, (szerző: Sisa, Wiebenson)
* 2002 5 Houses, Venice Biennale, book, (Budapest)
* 2005 L’industria delle costruzioni (Italy)
* 2005 Weltweite Objekte (Germany)
* 2006 Brick’06, Callwey (München), Gym of Toldy High School
* 2007 Atlas 2000, Global Architecture, book (Bilbao)
* 2008 Brick’08 Callwey (München)
* 2012 A10 new European architecture, No.45. (Amsterdam), Nursery in Zsámbék
* 2014 ORIS (Croatia), Sauflon Center of Innovation
* 2014 Piranesi, Kemenes Volcanopark Visitor Center
* 2014 Brick’14, Nursery in Zsámbék
External links
Földes ArchitectsArchdailyDezeenArchitizerlight-transmitting concrete, Aron Losonczi's webpageepiteszforum.huinterview with Laszlo Foldes on epiteszforum.huThree centuries of the Györgyi-Giergl FamiliesWebsite of Kemenes Volcanopark Visitor CenterInternational Union of Architects
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Hungarian architects
1959 births
Living people