World Architecture Day – Design a Better World!

October 3rd, 2016 According to UIA, the International Union of Architects significance and responsibilities of architectural design continuously grow as the challenges are more and more intense worldwide, which shows an ever extending role of architects in improving the standards of living. UIA heralds that the achievements of architecture are powerful and have the capacity […]

MÉK-MÉSZ Diploma Award 2016

Results of the Diplom Award competition of the Chamber of Hungarian Architects and the Association of Hungarian Architects Urban planning category: Máté Szűcs (SZIE) Budapest, Public scape rehabilitation along the Danube Landscape architecture category: Dóra Marianna Városy (SZIE) Connections between the NÉPsziget and the Danube, promenade along the Danube Interior design category: Sarolta Szonja Molnár […]

BÉK Award for Excellence 2016

The BÉK Award for Excellence 2016 went to: Market building, Budafok – architect: András Kertész DLA 100-unit apartment house – architect: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus Reconstruction of Kossuth Lajos square, Parlament Musuem, Visitor’s Centre – architect: Zoltán Tima Idesüss Kindergarten – architect: Melinda Borsos, Dimitrijevic Tijana Corvin Corner Office Center – architect: László Szász Certificate […]

Architecture and Ars Poetica

Exhibition by Ferenc Török in Pesti Vigadó Text: György Szegő The exhibition hall strictly follows the experience of sacredness one may have in experience Santo Stefano Rotondo church in Rome: that is the tension of centrality and guided space. The heart of the rectangular horizontal plan of the exhibition space in Vigadó has been turned […]

A Magic Box

Fairy Tale Kindergarten, Budapest, Angyalföld Architect: Csaba Nagy Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky When making calculations for the extensions required by the kindergarten in Angyalföld (a district of Budapest) a decision was made to have a new building built, most probably after a longish dispute. As a result, however, the principle of configuration which […]

Finding an Equilibrium

University Clinic Centre, Oncotherapy Institute, Pécs Architect: Tamás Varga Text: Zoltán Schrammel Photos: Antal Szentendrei The building housing the oncotherapy institute occupies its space in a characteristic way: one cannot miss it after taking the winding road up the hill in an environment so versatile architecture-wise. It was a bravado to make advantage of the […]

Respect for Traditions, Awareness and High-Standards

Reconstruction Project of Rákóczi-Aspremont Mansion in Mád Architect: Gábor Erhardt Text: Ágnes Kovács Photos: Károly Zsolt Nagy This prestigious building stands along the main street of Mád. It is an extension of a previous single-storey manor house built in the 16-17th century by Julianna Rákóczi and her husband, Count Aspremont Ferdinand Gobert as they wished […]

Odyssey in Paks

Modernization and Extension of the Town Museum Architects: Tamás Karácsony, András Boór, Orsolya Kern Text: Béla Kerékgyártó Photos: András Boór, Tibor Gerzsenyi, Gábor Kapolka, Tamás Karácsony Since the early 2000s, the design stage and implementation of the modernization and extension project of the Town Museum in Paks has been going on amongst changing conditions and […]

Civitas Invicta

Castle Museum, Visitors’ Reception Building, Szigetvár Architect: Péter Koch Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The new reception building is a characteristic work of the 21st century, separated from its environment as a floating spatial sculpture which does not even wish to adjust to the architectural eclecticism of styles of the castle itself. Actually, there […]

The First Step of a Ladder

Crematory, Nagytétény Architect: Péter Puskás Text: Szabolcs Bence Török Photos: József Hajdú Located remotely from residential areas, and yet on a site conveniently accessible, this zone is wedged between an industrial park typically occupied by chemical plants and M6 highway. Healthwise and concerning the well-being of local residents, it is an ideal choice, which, however, […]

Cherry-tree Orchard Revisited

Eco-Tourism Visitors’ Centre, Nagykörű Architects: Henrik Hőnich†, Ádám Paládi-Kovács Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tibor Zsitva The architectural contest in 2009 was targeted at the building to host and serve a variety of tourist paths starting from the village in the Tisza region. The programme was unambiguous and rational: the visitors centre had to have a […]

Builders of Belief

Wood Pellets Dry-Room, Monor Architects: Katalin Fazekas, Péter Fejérdy, Balázs Kemes, Miklós Oroszlány Text: Bálint Marosi Photos: Zsófia Boczán, Albert Máté – KépKocka, Balázs Kemes Based in Monor, the wood pellets dry-room is an auxiliary building of a few square metres erected on the outskirts of the town. The Maltese charity organisation has been dealing […]