A Shell-Shaped Framework

The Look-Out on Lila Hill Re-Opened Architect: József Koller Text: Anett Mizsei, Vilmos Katona Photos: József Hajdú The tower built for geodesic measurings was built on top of the 313 metre hill in 1977 and has been now facelifted after a long period of isolation to welcome visitors in safety. As a result of the […]

Prisms at the Junction of the Rivers Danube and Sava

Reconstruction of Contemporary Arts Museum, Belgrade Architects: Dejan Todorovic (2017), Ivan Antić, Ivanka Raspopović (1965) Text: Éva Lovra Photos: Éva Lovra, Bojana Janjic / MSUB The awards ceremony of the Mies van der Rohe prize in 2019 was held in Barcelone on May 7th with the opening of the exhibition titled -What’s Old, What’s New. […]

Global Village, Creative City

Thoughts on a new column Text: Dr. Zoltán Lantos / iASK The new topic-related column Creative Cities is devoted to the initiatives with the scales of regions and settlements that target to develop the individual cities and towns economically, socially and culturally with the means of science and arts, including urbanistic design and the social […]

The Significance of High-Standard Architecture

Origen Festival, Switzerland Text and photos: Bálint Rigó Located in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, Origen festival has been held every year at a mountain pass since 2006. The very first professional facility of a theatre, it has also been continuously an initiative targeted to salvage culture and civilisation. In 2017 the unique venue of […]

Spatial Dramaturgy

Ideas in the Wake of a Volume Text: Tamás Kiss There is a topic in architecture which is the most important for me of all: it is that of architectural space. The way it is structured, the principles qlong which it evolves are all puzzles to be solved. This may be one of the reasons […]

Spatial Dramaturgy

Ideas in the wake of a volume Holger Kleine: Raumdramaturgie: Typologie und Inszenierung von Innenräumen Birkhaeuser Verlag, Basel, 2018 Text and photos: Zsolt Gunther There is a topic in architecture which is the most important for me of all: it is that of architectural space. The way it is structured, the principles qlong which it […]

Timeless and Changing Values

On the 50th Anniversary of the Culture Centre in Orgovány Text: Mónika Bordás In 2019 we are celebrating the culture centre of Orgovány on its milestone 50th anniversary of its inauguration with a variety of events. Commemoration is both a cheerful and an unhappy one now. We are elated because the 50th anniversary is always […]

The Workshop for the Future

The Special College of Architecture Text: Anna Zsoldos The Special College of Architecture is one of the organisations of the numerous specialist colleges working within the Budapest University of Technology. Almost every single faculty of each university has similar organisations but they tend to function in their own individual ways. The one named after Bercsényi […]

Spaces Teaching in a Different Way

Conference of Architects and Children Budapest University of Technology, 16 May 2019 Text: Krisztina Somogyi The concept of BEE (built environment education) has been known in Hungary since the 1980s. During summer camps and recreation activities a large number of architects deal with an integrated approach and huge energies, as well as with methodologies of […]

Architectural drawing as artwork

Interview with Sergei Tchoban Photos: Museum for Architectural Drawing The Budapest-based FUGA Architectural Centre organizes a wide variety of events associated with architecture and culture on the 10th anniversary of its existence, one of them being a programme of a pioneering genre: an auction of architectural drawings. Apropos of this occasion, we asked Sergey Tschoban […]

Plans for a co-housing, Budapest, District XIII

Diploma design, Budapest University of Technology Concept: Anna Müller Consultant: Miklós Jancsó Co-housing, also referred to as co-operative housing is a voluntary form of residence made up by a blend of private residential units and shared communal functions. Organised from below, it is a response to real needs of living as it is a framework […]