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Quick Facts
Biography
László Földes (born 1959) is a Hungarian architect.
He studied architecture at the Technical University of Budapest, where he received his degree in 1985. After that he held a scholarship at the Helsinki University of Technology. One year later, in 1989 he returned to Finland to work in the Kari Järvinen-Timo Airas architect studio. He founded his own architectural firm in 1994 in Budapest.
His most important works include the Forest School in Visegrád (with Gábor Turányi), the gymnasium of Toldy High School located next to the slope of Buda Castle, W.E.T. Innovation Center in Pilisszentiván, and three dwelling houses in Maassluis, the Netherlands. First time in the world he built in his dwelling house at Szilas-brook, Budapest the Red dot design award-winner "light transmitting concrete" (LiTraCon) invented by a young Hungarian architect, Áron Losonczi.
He was elected to UIA (International Union of Architects) Council on the General Assembly held in Turin, Italy, July 2008.
Awards
- 1985Diploma Prize, Apartment building, Király Street, Budapest
- 1997Pro Architectura Award (Forest School in Visegrád)
- 2004Toldy 150 emlékérem, (Toldy Gimnázium tornaterme)
- 2004Pro Architectura Award (WET Innovation Center, Pilisszentiván (now: Gentherm Hungary Kft.)
- 2005Fair Play Award, NOC of Hungary, "Action Category", Toldy High School
- 2005Media Architecture Award (Dwelling house + light - transmitting concrete))
- 2006Ybl Miklós Award
- 2011"House of the Year 2011", (House with steel porch, Nagykovácsi)
Design competitions
- 19993 houses – Maassluis, Netherlands – invited competition - I. place
- 2004High Court of Justice and Attorney General's Office – Győr - national competition - II. place
- 2006Reformatic Church, Nagykovácsi- invited competition – II. place
- 2006Paks, Erzsébet Hotel - invited competition – shared I. place
- 2007Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Budapest, Vigadó Street - invited competition- II. place
- 2008Balatonalmádi Health Center - invited competition – I. place
- 2009Kemenes Vulcanopark Visitor Center, Celldömölk - open competition - I. place
- 2010Enlargement of National Museum, national competition - III. place
- 2010Pestszentimre, Kindergarten, national competition - I. place
Exhibitions
- 1996Piran, Piran days of architecture, Forest School in Visegrád
- 2002Piran, Piran days of architecture, WET Innovation Center
- 2003Budapest, Műcsarnok, „Közben”
- 2004London, RIBA, „Hungarian Architecture Today”, WET Innovation Center
- 2004Glasgow, Lighthouse „Hungarian Architecture Today”, WET Innovation Center
- 2004Leiden, Freiburg, Graz, Kolozsvár, Tranzit 15 traveling exhibition, FL interview, videoinstallation
- 2005Berlin, DAZ, „Emerging Identities! East”, Gymof Toldy High School Gym
- 2006Budapest Historical Museum, Three centuries of the Györgyi-Giergl Families
- 2006Budapest, N&n Galéria, Lane schedule, independent exhibition
- 2010Budapest, Műcsarnok, Modellfest
- 2013Piran, Piran days of architecture, Kemenes Volcanopark
- 2014Budapest, Műcsarnok, I. Architectural National Salon; Sauflon, Kemenes Volcanopark
Hungarian projects
- 1996Forest School, Visegrád, „Pro Architectura Award” (Turányi, Földes, Göde,)
- 1999Tree houses, Maassluis, Hollandia (Földes, Pethő)
- 2002W.E.T. Innovation Center (today: Gentherm Hungary Kft.), Pilisszentiván, „Pro Architectura Award” (Pethő, Földes)
- 2004Dwelling house, Budapest, „Media Architectural Award” (Földes)
- 2004Gym of Toldy Gimnázium, Budapest, „Pro Architectura Award” (Földes, Mórocz)
- 2005Ladányi house, Nagykovácsi, realized, (Földes)
- 2006Residential building, Budapest, realized, (Földes, Gönczi)
- 2006Lisznyai Street, Attic building, Budapest (Földes, Fuferenda, Abou Abdo)
- 2006High Court of Justice, Debrecen, realized, (Koller, Csatai, Földes, Pethő)
- 2007Szegvár, renovation of County Hall, licensing plan, monument (Földes, Mórocz)
- 2008 Mikos Castel Hotel, Mikosszéplak, licensing plan, monument (Földes, Balogh)
- 2009Etyek, urban study plan, (Földes, Sugár, Losonczi)
- 2009„L” house, Lábatlan, realized, (Földes, Gönczi)
- 2009House with steel porch, Nagykovácsi „House of the Year 2011” (Földes, Balogh)
- 2010Toldy High School, reconstruction of the main building, I. phase, realized, (Földes, Vértesy)
- 2011Archbishop’s Palace in Eger, Visitor Center, construction plan, monument (Földes, Farkas, Vértesy)
- 2011Zsámbék, Nursery, realized, (Földes, Balogh)
- 2011Balatonalmádi Health Center, realized, (Földes, Balogh)
- 2011Steel-terrace house, Budapest (Földes, Holics, Csűri)
- 2012Nagykovácsi, 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)
- 2013Graphisoft 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)
- 2014Tihany, Old Port (Földes, Farkas, Sugár)
Foreign projects
- 1990Residential Houses, Jollas, Helsinki (Airas)
- 1991School, Imatran Koulu, Finnország (Järvinen, Airas, Himanen)
- 1991School, Mankkaan Koulu, Espoo (Järvinen, Airas)
- 1999Three houses, Maassluis, Hollandia (Földes, Pethő)
- 2007Sports center and hotel, design project, Vyborg, Oroszország (Jankovics, Deák, Földes)
Selected publications
- 1997Domus N/795 (Milano), Forest School in Visegrád
- 1999World Architecture’80, (London), Forest School in Visegrád
- 1999Octogon, ‘99/1, Tree houses Maasslouis, Hollandia, (Budapest)
- 2000History of Hungary’s Architecture, (szerző: Sisa, Wiebenson)
- 20025 Houses, Venice Biennale, book, (Budapest)
- 2005L’industria delle costruzioni (Italy)
- 2005Weltweite Objekte (Germany)
- 2006Brick’06, Callwey (München), Gym of Toldy High School
- 2007Atlas 2000, Global Architecture, book (Bilbao)
- 2008Brick’08 Callwey (München)
- 2012A10 new European architecture, No.45. (Amsterdam), Nursery in Zsámbék
- 2014ORIS (Croatia), Sauflon Center of Innovation
- 2014Piranesi, Kemenes Volcanopark Visitor Center
- 2014Brick’14, Nursery in Zsámbék