Anonym Winery, Etyek Architects: István Szövényi, Anna Szövényi Text: Ferenc Török Photos: József Hajdú Wine cellars are the most beautiful architectural relics of the ancient and still live traditions of Hungarian viticulture. In the vineyards of Tokaj, Villány and Csopak wineries for purely wine-tasting built along existing wine cellars are the brightest examples of Hungarian […]
Folyóirat
A Scale Found
The Reconstruction of the Town Hall, Visegrád Architect: Tamás Bártfai Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: József Hajdú Open from the direction of the River Danube and closed towards the main street of the town, the town hall of Visegrád provides a background with its facades and those of the neighbouring buildings to the communal site: it […]
An Evolving History
The Restoration of the Castle in Siklós Architect: Judit Kaló Text: Tamás Fejérdy Photos: Judit Kaló, Róbert Hack, Ferenc Tepper The Castle in Siklós is unique in that it is the only castle in Hungary which has come down to us as relatively intact. By the 2000s, however, this historic monument had been deteriorated to […]
Black Diamond
International Conference Centre, Katowice Architects: JEMS Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Juliusz Sokołowski The Katowice conference centre is a multifunctional, complex service facility designed for congress, conference, exhibition, fair and performance. However, it also has an area which is fully available for the public – it is a green passage which goes diagonally through the building’s […]
Ready for Travel
Hungarian Railways Auxiliary Buildings, Vác Architect: László Pethő Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Török / Topogram The first steam engine went on her maiden voyage in 1846 from Pest to Vác. This route being the first line of public transport in Hungary has preserved its prestige ever since and carries approximately 10 % of all […]
From the Within towards the Outside
Summer Resort, Balatonszárszó Architects: Katalin Fazekas, Árpád Vilics Text: Levente Szabó Photos: Tamás Szentirmai This building in Balatonszárszó by Katalin Fazekas and Árpád Vilics cannot be regarded in a different way than a peaceful and calm manifestation of natural unity, that is the integral approach to exteriors and interiors, architectural statements and materials, as well […]
Sunroof
Farmers and Fish Market, Vodice, Slovenia Architect: Dinko Peračić Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Platforma 9,81 In Piran Architecture Days, Vodice Farmers and Fish Market project created by Dinko Peračić, won the top Piranesi award. The structure is a representation of successful urban and social reconstruction. Given that Vodice are a tourist destination, the project respects […]
Architecture at the edge of Hungary
Communal Fruit Processing Plant, Markóc Concept, archtiecture and text: Veronika Holczer Photos: Sári Ember, Veronika Holczer The first version of the scheme was made as a diploma work back in 2011. My ambition as a designer then was to spend a longer period in a poor village, take part in local life, and work out […]
Small Scale, Big Change
Lecture by Andres at MOME, 24 March 2016 Text: Eszter Götz In 2010 the New York-based MoMA was the first to present a comprehensive exhibition of social architecture. In 2014 it was opened with the title Think Global, Build Social in Frankfurt-am-Main and then in Vienna. Now in FUGA in Budapest a selection of this […]
Architecture in Austria in the 20th and 21st centuries
Park Books – AZ Wien, 2016, 440 page Text: György Szegő Published more than a decade ago, the former “collection catalogue” of the Architekturzentrum (AZ) Wien gave a survey of 20th century architecture more than a decade ago. This edition of the same publication with the subtitle „in the 20th and 21st century reflects a […]
Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 26 January – 20. April 2016 Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture is an installation that will chart the course of British architecture from the sixteenth century to the present day through the work of twelve maverick architects: Robert Smythson, Sir John Vanbrugh, James Wyatt PRA, Sir John Soane […]
Post-Modernist Potemkin
Skopje 2014 Text: Rudolf Klein The most recent architecture of Skopje may be associated with the „psychologizing Post-Modernism”, even if it seems to be very close to Social Realism or Kitsch. The past two or three years saw radical changes transforming the image of the inner city of the capital of Macedonia once again. However, […]