Babyn Yar Synagogue, Kyiv Architect: Manuel Herz Text: György Szegő Photos: Iwan Baan On 29-30th September, 1941, the Nazis herded the Jewish citizens of the city and its surroundings into a valley near Kyiv, where a detachment of SS soldiers slaughtered 34,000 people with a volley of bullets. As the city grew, a hotel complex […]

Market Hall, Pécs Architects: Tamás Getto, Gergely Sztranyák Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Greypixel Since mid-summer this year, Pécs has had a good reason to boast of its a new market hall. The new building was constructed almost next-door to its predecessor, creating a striking architectural landmark on the border of the city’s distinctively different urban […]

Normafa Park Visitor Centre, Budapest Architects: László Benczúr Jr, Miklós Weichinger Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The area around Normafa had been already a popular place for excursions with citydwellers of the capital back in the 19th century. The elongated structure of the new visitors’ centre and ski training school with its practice course […]

Well-House Conversion Project, Gödöllő Architects: Sándor Guba, Péter Hámori, Sándor Novák Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Balázs Danyi Standing at the junction of Egyetem square and Premontrei street, the well-house of Gödöllő was built in the first half of the 1950s after plans by Gyula Rimanóczy. It was now given a new function by the Gubahámori […]

Extension of the Primary School, Visegrád Architects: Anna Mária Tamás, Krisztián Kovács-Andor Text: Eszter Götz Photos: György Palkó, Krisztián Kovács-Andor In the early 2000s, Visegrád began to grow out of a settlement that had for a long time been a place of „live Middle Ages”. With the remains of King Matthias’s palace and centuries-old monuments, […]

Children’s House, Budapest Architects: Barna Láris, Ferenc Keller Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The hand starts, the pen runs on the blank paper to takes possession of the space, sometimes running beyond it, then back again, to keep the freedom of movement until the momentum carries it. It was with this gesture that the […]

Zöldike Nursery, Budatétény Architects: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus, Krisztina Horváth, Dorottya Kassai, Ádám Pásztor, Szilveszter Rády, Zsófia Senánszky Text: Anna Zöldi Photos: Balázs Danyi Designed by Archikon architects, the nursery was built on a hilltop in Budatétény as a continuation of the team’s line of understated, rational and cleanly structured educational facilities. Instead of fish, […]

Csokonai Forum, Debrecen Architects: András Tisza, Tamás János Szabó Text: Eszter Götz Photos: György Palkó A new theatre was born in the city of Debrecen, ending and completing a long process of conceptualisation and design. However, its presence in the urban context is only manifested in the conceptual level, as the country’s most modern theatre […]

Wedge House, Szentendre Architects: Bence Vadász, Balázs Vadász Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: György Palkó Designed by Vadász Architects’ Studio, this house is located on the western edge of the inner zone of Szentendre in Seregély Street, right on the banks of the Staravoda stream. The area next to the bank is defined by lush natural […]

The World War I Memorial Path in Eger Architect: Dénes Fajcsák Graphics: Aliz Borsa Text: Levente Szabó Photos: Aliz Borsa, Márk Huszár, Róbert Nemes The Eger Norma Foundation has initiated the erection of a memorial to commemorate 318 soldiers who died in Eger during World War I. This work by a duo of designers, architect […]

The Museum of Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna Architects: Marie-Therese Harnoncourt-Fuchs, Ernst J. Fuchs – the next ENTERprise architects Text: György Szegő Photos: Stefan Oláh In the 20 years since the opening of the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna’s city centre has become an important international stage for modern and contemporary visual arts. In the middle of summer, the […]

Portus Home 2, community office and accommodation, Vászoly Architect: Barna Kovács D. Text: Domonkos Wettstein Photos: Tamás Bata The Balaton highlands are undergoing a dynamic transformation, the urbanization of the landscape poses new challenges to the region’s architecture. Different ways of life and identities are now mixed in the settlements that once followed a rural […]