László Földes

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

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)
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, 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

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