Imre Makovecz

Imre Makovecz (November 20, 1935 – September 27, 2011) was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward.

Makovecz was born and died in Budapest. He attended the Technical University of Budapest. He was founder and "eternal and executive president" of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. He won the Ybl Prize ((hu) and the Kossuth Prize.

Makovecz was one of the most prominent proponents of organic architecture. As such, his buildings attempt to work with the natural surroundings rather than triumph over them. Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolf Steiner are both strong influences, as is traditional Hungarian art.

Makovecz was a devout Roman Catholic.

Notable works

His group designed the buildings of the Piliscsaba campus of Pázmány Péter Catholic University. The Hungarian pavilion at the Seville Expo '92 in Seville, Spain

A secondary school in Sárospatak

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