The House of Hungarian Music, built as part of the Liget Budapest Project, won another prestigious award at one of the most important real estate exhibitions in Germany, announced Benedek Gyorgyevics, CEO of Városliget Zrt. The Iconic Award, awarded by the German Design Council, was presented in a ceremonial setting at one of the most important international real estate exhibitions, Expo Real in Munich.
The general manager emphasized that the five-member jury, made up of renowned international architects, awarded the Hungarian building the winner in the architecture category. The committee awards the best and most innovative architectural and design solutions, realized new buildings around the world, in recent years the works of star architects belonging to the world elite such as Dorte Mandrup, Kengo Kuma, Alberto Caiola or Sir David Chipperfield have been recognized. The Magyar Zene Háza designed by Sou Fujimoto was thus placed at the forefront of the world at two of the most famous real estate trade fairs, as it won the jury's main prize at the MIPIM in Cannes, the world's largest and most prestigious real estate exhibition, in March of this year.
"With the current recognition, the house has not only become the most awarded building in Hungary, but one of the most exciting and popular new buildings on the entire continent has been created, which has won awards from the jury from England to the United States, from France to Germany. It's no coincidence that the number of visitors to the House of Hungarian Music exceeded 700,000 people with unprecedented speed," said Benedek Gyorgyevics, CEO of Városliget Zrt., responsible for the implementation of the Liget Project, in connection with the award.
On the Day of Hungarian Culture, on January 22, the public was able to take possession of the House of Hungarian Music, thanks to which the Hungarian capital became richer with an iconic building designed by a Japanese star architect belonging to the world elite, Sou Fujimoto. 7,000 square meters of closed, extremely neglected green space. The house is incredibly popular among visitors, hundreds of thousands of people have already visited the building, the music history exhibition, the sound dome performances and the concerts are almost always sold out.
Expo Real is the largest real estate and investment exhibition in Europe, which has been held every year since 1998 at the Messe München. At the event, the German Design Council's prestigious award, the Iconic Award, will be presented, which rewards the world's most innovative and sustainable architectural projects, with special emphasis on environmentally friendly solutions, the visitor experience, the harmony of the exterior and interior, and groundbreaking design ideas.
In 2018, the new Museum of Ethnography also became the best public building in the world at the International Property Awards, and even received the World's Best Architecture special award. And in 2021, the National Museum Restoration and Storage Center (OMRRK) won the "Best Public Building Development in Europe" award at the International Property Awards, making the Liget Budapest Project the most awarded development in the history of the award (IPA), as it is the first a cultural urban development whose elements have won three prestigious awards.
In 2017 in Cannes, at MIPIM, the most important real estate event in the world
the Liget Budapest Project became Europe's best major urban development project in the Best Futura Mega Project category, presenting the most comprehensive developments.
And in the summer of 2021, the largest-scale renovation in the history of the Museum of Fine Arts, carried out as part of the Liget Budapest Project, won the Europa Nostra Award, which is the European Union's most prestigious recognition for heritage protection. And in the spring of 2022, the Magyar Zene Háza won the main prize of the MIPIM Awards, thereby achieving one of the biggest international successes of domestic real estate development, and became the building with the most recognition in Hungary.
Source: Origo
Featured image: Liget Project
