Association of Hungarian Architects, Kós Hall
29 May 2017
The Association of Hungarian Architects held its annual meeting in the room named after Károly Kós in the Architects’ House where the report of the previous year was made public …
Theme
Prizes Awarded by the Hungarian State
March 15th, 2017
The award ceremony of prizes of architecture awarded by the Hungarian state was held on March 15th, 2017. János Lázár, the head of the prime minister’s office handed over the prizes in Várkert Bazaar. Ybl Prize, …
Brand New Ideas
14th International Architects’ Congress, Várkert Bazaar, 10 March 2017
Text: György Szegő, Bálint Botzheim
Photos: Anna Fábry
This years architects’s congress examined the state of the profession both at present and in the long run apropos of the most …
Private Spheres and Public Affairs
9th Film Festival of Architecture, 2-5 March 2017
Text: Eszter Götz
It is the ninth time that Contemporary Architecture Centre organised the series of events named Film Festival of Architecture centre, Offering film shows and related events, this programme …
Moving out from the Castle
MTA Research Centre of Arts and Social Sciences, Budapest
Architects: Tamás Noll, Attila Madzin, János Golda
Text: Anna Szövényi
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky
In accordance with a governmental decree passed in 2013 several research bases of MTA (Hungarian Academy of …
Stadium-Feeling Enclosed in a Capsule
MTK Stadium, Budapest
Architect: Péter Bordás
Text: Dávid Bán
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky, György Palkó
Fans and supporters have got to know a new form recently which is the football-capsule. The prototype of this edifice, which seems to be a …
Simply and Elegantly
Local Government and Customer Centre, Budapest, Kőbánya
Architects: István Lukács, András Vikár, Árpád Gál
Text: Mária Tatai
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky
When designing the customer centre in Állomás Street, Kőbánya, a former residential building had to be remodelled whilst merging …
Staying in the Village Scale
Day Nursery, Nagykovácsi
Architect: László Földes
Text: Ágnes Bechtold
Photos: Levente Sirokai
Nagykovácsi is a cul-de-sac village on the margins of Budapest. It is located in a beautiful, protected, peaceful natural neighbourhood. Its unique property is that many of …
Architecture in a Borderline Situation
ArtKazal, Mórahalom
Architects: Csilla Nagy, Zoltán Tóth
Text: Anett Mizsei
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky
The playfulness of designers and the experimental attitude of architects resulted in this apartman house with a hatched roof modelled on the analogy of a rectangular …
The Chocolate Odour of a Sugar Store
Cyclists’ Tourism Centre and Local History Museum, Szerencs
Architect: Miklós Salamin
Text: Ivett Madár
Photos: György Dénes
The Sugar Factory in Szerencs was founded in 1889. During its 120 but one years of existence the town also underwent radical …
Past salvaged into the future
Reconstruction Project of Degenfeld-Schonburg Castle, Téglás
Architect: Miklós Heppes
Text: Gábor Nagy
Photos: Tibor Zsitva
Respectable in its dimensions and scales, the single-storey Revivalist Classicist style castle was built in 1835 for Imre Degenfeld-Schonburg and his wife. The lateral …
Perspectives of Faith
The Development of the Surroundings of the Pilgrims’ Church, Máriapócs
Architects: Ferenc Salamin, Pál Salamin
Text: Bálint Botzheim
Photos: György Dénes, Bálint Botzheim
The situation after getting rid of the Turkish rule made it possible to create the iconostasis …