The Reconstruction Project of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest Architect: István Mányi Text: Miklós Sulyok Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky After being closed for three years, the Budapest-based Museum of Fine Arts has been opened again on October 31st, 2018. Never has there been in the history of the building such an extensive and high-standard […]

The Modernization of Rose Garden Open-Air Theatre, Nyíregyháza Architects: Roland Banu, Szabolcs Tenkely Text: Péter Garai Photos: Csaba Csutkai Situated in the centre of Nyíregyháza, the open-air theatre with a unique atmosphere has undergone the most significant transformation of its history. As a protected historic complex, the theatre was renewed with modern technology and services, […]

The New Office Block in Váci Road Architect: Antal Fekete (Finta Stúdió), László Gellár (DVM Group) Text: Bence Török-Szabolcs Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky A new large-scale office-block enriches the building stock of the office axis in Angyalföld. Developed by Horizon Development (DVM group partner), this complex with a floor area of 25,000 square metres occupies the […]

Klapka Centre, Budapest Architect: Miklós Marosi Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The rapid transformation of the former industrial centre of Northern Pest has shown spectacular developments not only along Váci Road but also beyond it in the past few years. Thanks to the highly competent attitudes of the local government a large number of […]

The Extension of the German School Budapest Architect: Lajos Hartvig Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In line with a cooperation agreement between the states of Germany and Hungary, the German School Budapest started its activities in 1990. Its extension was necessitatd by the demand to have enough rooms for the four-grade primary school extended […]

The New Hegyvidék Art Gallery, Budapest Architects: Zoltán Kalászi, Márton Pintér Text: Szilvia Molnár Photos: Balázs Máté Founded by the local government of District XII, Budapest, Hegyvidék Art Gallery started its activities in 1998 at No. 16 Városmajor Street. In 2014 it was obvious that it is going to move from its home which was […]

Chapel in Hegyközszentimre Architect: Péter Wagner Text: István Szövényi Photos: Péter Wagner The chapel was built in a picturesque environment on the edge of the cemetery in the village of Hegyközszentimre. This is the site where Prince Imre the only son of the first Hungarian King, St Stephen died after receiving fatal wounds in an […]

The Reconstruction of the Synagogue in Subotica Architects: Marcell Komor, Dezső Jakab (1902), Gordana Prčić Vujnović (2018) Text and photos: Rudolf Klein After decades of patchwork renovations, the synagogue in Subotica was gorgeously renovated in international co-operation in the past few decades. The World Monument Fund gave both moral and financial support to catalyse the […]

Katyń Museum, Warsaw Architects: Jan Belina-Brzozowsk, Konrad Grabowiecki, Jerzy Kalina, Krzysztof Lang Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Juliusz Sokolowski Katyn Museum is there to commemorate a painful episode of Polish history which took place during the World War II when over a twenty thousands of Polish military officers and state officials were brutally murdered by the […]

The Reconstruction of the City Hall in Buda, Budapest Architect: Levente Szabó Text: Tamás Dévényi Photos: Balázs Danyi After architectural changes launched in the past few years, the Castle District of Buda started the reconstruction of the old City Hall which is a genuine curiosity: it has preserved its conditions in the wake of the […]

The facelifting of the Synagogue in Szeged Architects: Péter Wagner, Tamás Kőnig Text: György Szegő Photos: Balázs Danyi There was no Crystal Night in Hungary, which means that more than 40 synagogues and ceremonial buildings designed and built by Lipót Baumhorn (1860–1932) could survive in Central Europe. The synagogues built in his age which was […]

Zoo Visitors’ Centre and Hotel Pangea, Nyíregyháza Architect: Attila Gáva Text: Rita Tuczai Photos: György Palkó Selected as the best of its kind in Europe in 2018, the Zoological Gardens of Nyíregyháza has a new visitors’ centre which is also the symbolic gate of Sóstógyógyfürdő, a district of the city, which in turn is rated […]