Kevíz 21 Office Block, Nyíregyháza Architect: Attila Gáva Text: Rita Tuczai Photos: Zsolt Hlinka The office block of KEVÍZ 21 Zrt. in Nyíregyháza has been in need of conversion once again after its extension finished 20 years ago. Architect Attila Gáva now agreed with the client to restructure the complex formerly functioning as a kindergarten […]

Modernization of the offices in Máriássy House, Budapest Architecture: Lab5 Architect Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Zsolt Batár Built by the capital city, this hall structure was completed in 1927 to function as a calf market. The fate of the market hall took several turns since then, having not only various functions but new owners as […]

Monastery Hotel, Budapest Architect: Tamás Németh Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Márk Korecz, Attila Boldog © Monastery Hotel Near the bank of the River Danube in Buda, two wings of the monastery of the Capuchin monks have been revived in the shape of a modest and yet atmospheric boutique hotel. On the exterior facade it is […]

Detached house, Pesthidegkút Architects: Tamás Fialovszky, Gergely Kenéz, Gergő Jedlicska Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Gergely Kenéz, Gergő Jedlicska Originally, there had been a house with a modest size floor area which has proven to be unsuitable for extension according to current regulations, and was thus demolished. This loveable „cottage”, however, did not disappear without remains; […]

Haris Park, Budapest Architects: Márton Kovács, Sándor Göcsei Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: György Darabos Founded in 1696, the Civilian Shooting Association in Buda moved to its permanent home in 1885. Built in the „Swiss” style, the house evokes the characteristic architecture of mansions, containing a banquet hall. The single-storey central block is flanked by smaller […]

James-Simon-Galerie, Museumsinsel, Berlin Architect: David Chipperfield Text: György Szegő Photos: Stiftung Preussicher Kulturbesitz Established recently, the gallery based in Berlin creates contact with two museum buildings built in the 19th century that had previously only touched each other in a shifted position: Altes Museum was connected with the Neues Museum by Stüler via a bottleneck […]

Winery reconstruction, Pitigliano, Italy Architect: Antonello Stella Text: András Tibor Kertész Photos: Roberto Vaccai Architect Antonello Stella worked in Pitigliano at the early stage of his career, his very first xproject being the designs of the archaeological museum of the town there. Some thirty years later he was given another task at the same place: […]

The Renewed Carmelite Complex Architects: Gábor Zoboki, Csaba Silvester Text: Miklós Sulyok Photos: Tamás Réthey-Prikkel This task may have been the most difficult one for design in the past few decades in Hungarian architecture with which Gábor Zoboki was commissioned: he had to design the new headquarters of the Ministers in the Castle District by […]

Fatima Pilgrimage Center and Shrine, Alsószentiván Architect: Robert Gutowski Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The appearance of the Blessed Virgin in Fatima was first celebrated on May 13th in 1951 in Alsószentiván. This tiny village has been frequented by lots of pilgrims since then, the Catholic church being a shrine on the 13th of […]

The Calvinist Church, Újpalota, Budapest Architect: Balázs Kertész Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In the early 2000s, the Calvinist community started to evolve in Pestújhely and Újpalota, which soon brought about the need for a church of their own. Design process launched in 2015 followed a programme clearly phrased by the congregation whilst allowing […]

The transformation of MOME Campus Architects: Katalin Csillag, Zsolt Gunther Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Zsolt Hlinka The comprehensive reconstruction of the Campus of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) has reached its resting point. The large-scale project was launched in the wake of a governmental decree in 2014: a tender was published to invite […]

József Attila Public Library, Makó Architects: Imre Makovecz†, Judit Szente-Vargáné Gerencsér Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Zsófia Kedves, Tibor Zsitva The building opened as the home of the public library in Makó 1971 had deteriorated hazardously by 2007. The first sketches for its reconstruction were made by Dezső Ekler in 1997. Back in those days the […]