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 […]

The Bow of a Thrown Ball

Gammel School extension, Hellerup, Denmark Architect: BIG Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Iwan Baan, Jens Lindhe Danish architecture studio BIG has completed a sunken sports hall where an arching wooden roof doubles up as a hilly courtyard. The new multi-purpose hall will primarily be for the pupils’ physical education and social development. The hall is placed […]

Openings Almost Bizarre

Residential House, Debrecen Architect: Péter Kovács Text: Attila Kőszeghy Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The architect and his client realized a gesture opening both the exterior and the interior, which is original regarding its scale and nature, by almost ultimately simple surfaces and masses matched high standards when planning and constructing this residential building in Debrecen. Architect […]

Measure and Scale

Dwelling-House, Szentendre Architect: Gábor Bártfai-Szabó Text: Eszter Dénes Photos: György Dénes The house in Szentendre designed by architect Gábor Bártfai-Szabó reflects clarity and good sense in its forms, whilst embodying timelessness which, in turn, has calming effects on the viewers. It is both correct and appropriate considering its context: it is primarily the domain of […]

Smart City

City Planning under the Spell of Data Text: Levente Szczuka The society of the 21st century is approaching a digital society based on data, as a descendant of the information society. Whilst the Y generation uses data based gadgets relatively well, members of the Z generation („digital natives”) know, use and apply the most modern […]

Space Architecture

Research into Border Zones Text: Bálint Botzheim Architecture has always had a general tendency to search for its limits throughout its history. This inclination has often been phrased in Utopian letters. However, the evolution of architecture may also be described as the alternation of avantgarde and mainstream eras. The concept of limits needs to be […]

Aquincum Sequences

Text: Gyula Zeke Photos: Gergely Oláh Built along the Danube bank, a city and military camp of the province Pannonia which was part of the Roman Empire has left behind numerous relics in today’s area of Budapest. The civilian settlement and the military base featured baths, theatres, aqueducts, which together with the water organ found […]