István Miháltz, MA Architectural Design,
Architect
Curriculum Vitae
Personal:
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Education:
- Vedres István Építőipari Technikum
(István Vedres Secondary Technical School of Construction): 1962-1966 – Diploma; Certified
Construction Technician
- Budapesti Műszaki Egyetem, BME (University of Technology and Economics): Faculty of Architecture: 1971-1975 – MA Architectural Design
Pre- and Postgraduate Trainings
- Painting and drawing: Dési Huber
István Képzőművész Kör (István Dési Huber Art School): 1967
- English language schools from
1975; Intermediate Certificate of English: 1984
- Postdoctoral training in Color
Dynamics and Architectural Design: 1974, 1977
- Postdoctoral training in Monument
Preservation Design: 1996
- Postdoctoral training in Special
Technical Supervision: 1998
- Business Administration trainings:
Comline Kft, from 1998 - 2006
- Communication Skills: Neuro-Linguistic
Programming (NLP): from 1999-2008
- Dragon Dreaming workshop (project
management skills enhanced by ancient Australian practice): 2011
- Adobe Construction workshop: 2013
Non-academic trainings:
- Ancient Tibetan healing: from 2010 to the present
- Deeksha (Indian healing): from
2011 to the present
- Permaculture workshop: 2012
- Yoga Teacher: BHF (Bhaktivedanta Hittudományi Főiskola/ Bhaktivedanta College of Theology): 2013
Work:
- IPARTERV (Ipari épülettervező
Vállalat/ Industrial Building Company): static constructor, drawing
technician: 1966-1970
- Military service: 1967-1969
- BVTV (Budapesti Városépítési
Tervező Vállalat/Budapest Urban and Architectural Design): designing
architect, urban designer: 1975-1991
- Contractor and master carpenter in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: 1989-90
- LIBRA Kft (LIBRA Ltd): designing
architect: 1991-92
- Nóti Kft- LIBRA (Nóti Ltd-LIBRA
Ltd): manager and designing architect: 1992-1993
- Miháltz és Társai Kft -- Miháltz
és Társai Építőművész és Mérnöki Tervező, Fővállalkozó Kft (Miháltz and
Partners, Architectural Design, Engineering, Monument Preservation, and
Contracting): manager, designing architect, monumental preservation
designer, interior designer, special technical supervisor: from 1993 to
the present
- SVING Kft (Somogyvámosi
Ingatlanfejlesztő Kft/Somogyvámos Developing Ltd): manager, designing
architect, contractor: from 2013 to the present
- Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem, BME (University of Technology and Economics): Chief Architect: 2009-2012
Volunteering and Community Work:
- DUNAKÖR (Danube Circle, an
environmental civil organization for the prevention of the construction of
the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dams and for the ecological restoration of the
river branches, islands and wetlands):
from 1998; for several years, member of the executive committee
- MET Egyház (Magyar Evangéliumi
Testvérközösség/Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship): activist for ’Heated
Street’: 2011
- Magyar Élőfalu Hálózat (Network of
Hungarian Living Villages: www.elofaluhalozat.hu): activist and organizer
from 2012 to the present
- Helykeresők (Place-finders, a Hungarian ecovillage movement): editor of www.facebook.com/Helykeresok from 2012 to the present
Professional Specializations and Main Areas of Interests:
- Designing, converting, developing
educational facilities: most of my projects in the course of my
40-plus-year professional career involved schools
- Management & supervising of
construction - special technical supervision: in numerous, 3-
to-30-million-Ft projects, besides being a designing architect, I was commissioned
to act in the areas above
- Special consulting (in complicated cases) ecologically
conscious, sustainable architecture with a view to
- cost-effective, non-polluting,
off-grid, ’healthy houses’ run on renewable energy
- on-the-spot construction with
sustainable, locally available building materials (clay, straw bale, etc)
- autonomous and passive houses, as
well as near-passive, highly insulated houses
Currently, I supervise and consult such projects in
various parts of the country.
- Interior design, monument preservation
Other Skills and Interests:
- Sports: swimming, biking, hiking, yoga
- Ballroom dancing: salsa, swing, creative
free dance
- Environmentalism, ecological
consciousness: supporting member of National Audubon Society (www.audubon.org): 1989
- Supporting member of WWF
(wwf.org): 1989
- Gospel singing: member of Golgotha
Gospel Choir - Budapest (https://gospel.golgota.hu/): 2011
- Energy healing, reincarnation travelling 2011- to the present
Personal and Professional Strengths:
- Great and diverse experience in
designing, building and developing in the area of architecture, human
communication and community building
- Eagerness to help, improve, and
innovate
- Responsibility for and pleasure in
doing team work, tapping into the potentials of individuals cooperating
for a common cause
- Efficiency of and pride in doing individual
work
- Developing personal and professional integrity through meaningful activity
Budapest,
2015-06-06
Miháltz István
