Calvinist Kindergartens, Gyömrő, Dunaharaszti, Mándok Architect: Dezső Ekler Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In the shadow of the pandemic, several plans for Calvinist kindergartens were completed almost simultaneously in Dezső Ekler’s office to be built by autumn 2022. The kindergartens planned for various municipalities in the country are just like brothers and sisters. Their […]

Madárhegyi Kindergarten, Budapest Architects: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus Text: Marcell Szuhanyik Photos: Balázs Danyi Located in Budapest, Madárhegy has been an area earmarked for development for several decades, and the expansion of family life in the early 2000s, which was at its peak then, prompted people to move to the agglomeration. Newly built condominiums now […]

TRUMPF Hungary Office building and showroom in Gödöllő Architecture: Barkow Leibinger Gesellschaft von Architekten, Óbuda Group Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Tamás Török / Topogram Based in Ditzingen, the German company, which has become international during its 100 years of existence, has been present in Hungary since 2013. Opened last year, its headquarters in Gödöllő’s Industrial […]

GREE Office Building, Szarvas Architects: Zoltán Király, Zoltán Bozsik Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Attila Gulyás The GREE office building in Szarvas will house an additional branch of the tertiary sector and blend in with the architectural achievements of the Budapest office development previously planned by the firm, whilst not overriding its natural surroundings but blending […]

Bauherrenpreis, Architektur in Ringturm, 2024. 12.04. –2025. 03. 07. Text: György Szegő Photos: Vienna Insurance Group The Architektur in Ringturm in Vienna presents the annual Austrian architectural production in the form of an exhibition and a publication. In 2024, 23 out of 119 registered entries were nominated for the Bauherrenpreis, with the involvement of regional […]

Restoration Project, Fasor Lutheran Church, Budapest Architects: Piroska Varga, Zoltán Berzsák Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: József Hajdú The church of the Reformed Parish of Budapest-Fasor was designed by Aladár Árkay in 1913. The condition of the structure has deteriorated considerably in recent decades, and its design deficiencies have become increasingly apparent meanwhile. Both these issues […]

Sisters of the Cross Centre, Budapest Architects: Katalin Csillag, Zsolt Gunther Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In Buda’s Városmajor Street, this extraordinary building has stood on this site since 1847, its neo-Gothic style shining out from the streetscape of today. It was used as a residential building until 1994, when it became the property […]

Extension of the St Anthony’s Franciscan High School and College, Esztergom Architect: Robert Gutowski Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The new educational wing of the Franciscan High School and College of St. Anthony of Esztergom was completed in autumn, 2024. The building, which was designed by Gutowski Architects, follows the previous concept and forms […]

Interior renovation of the Reformed Church, Alsózsolca Architect, interior designer: Emese Bunyik Text: Rita Tuczai Photos: Gergely Gosztom Four years ago, the Reformed Congregation of Alsózsolca invited Emese Bunyik, an interior architect, to design the renovation of their church. The financial possibilities offered a framework for the client and the designer to try to make […]

Saint Gianna Chapel, Biatorbágy Architects: Miklós Dormán, Bálint Rigó Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Miklós Dormán The place of prayer in Biatorbágy, on Katalin Hill, is an eco-scientific building set in a rich natural environment, made of natural materials, a creation of human hands and spirit, which smoothly blends into the landscape. It radiates a perfect […]

Medieval Church Ruins Restorations Along the ROM Wanderer Programme Architects: Tamás Mezős, Bálint Kelemen Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Miklós Okrutay, ROM Wanderer Project Market Építő Ltd, one of Hungary’s leading construction companies, found this theme with a good sense of social engagement. It offered its own management and contractor skills to renovate one or two […]

Ghetto Memorial on Klauzál Square Architects: Levente Szabó, Balázs Biri, László Rátgéber Text: György Szegő Photos: Balázs Biri The ghetto memorial in the centrally positioned square in District VII in Budapest was designed by Hetedik Műterem (Seventh Studio). It reflects in a 21st-century style on the tragic events of the last surviving ghetto in Europe, […]