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Pippa Goldfinger at the Villa
On 16 October 2026, we welcomed the granddaughter of architect Ernő Goldfinger. Pippa Goldfinger not only shared her personal memories with the Hungarian audience, but also spoke about how she had experienced the renewed popularity of her grandfather’s work over the past 15 years.
At the invitation of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture, Pippa Goldfinger, director of Design West in Bristol, returned to Budapest after thirty years, a city to which she has family ties through her grandfather. Ernő Goldfinger was, in fact, born in the Hungarian capital. Although he moved to Switzerland whilst still at secondary school, and his professional career subsequently took him to Paris and London, he remained proud of his Hungarian heritage throughout his life, and many still regard him today as a Hungarian – or at the very least a Hungarian-British – architect. His family home at 2 Willow Road, built in 1939, is a pioneering example of British modern architecture; now run as a museum by the National Trust, it remains filled with objects and mementos with Hungarian connections...
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2026. june 04.
On May 20, 2026, as part of the accompanying events for our exhibition on Brutalist architecture, architectural historian Henrieta Moravčíková gave a lecture on Slovak Brutalism at the Walter Rózsi Villa.
2026. may 05.
Presentation by architectural historian Henrieta Moravčíková
2026. march 03.
From March 13, 2026, our new exhibition will be open to visitors at the Walter Rózsi Villa, offering a never-before-seen insight into Hungarian brutalist architecture.
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