The reinterpretation of Hungary’s cubic houses building stock
Text and illustration: Tünde Krisztina Tóth
From the mid-20th century on, cubic houses mushroomed with an unstoppable speed, which deeply hit the history of Hungarian housing development. The overwhelming majority of …
10+1 questions on the Solar Decathlon
Text: István Csúsz (KOEB)
Photos: Képkocka / Gergő Potyondi
Solar Decathlon is a series of contests with 10 challenges for university students ambitioning to popularize sustainable architecture and experiments to find new solutions. …
Text: András Ferkai
Yet another outstanding representative of the great old generation has left us behind. JenÅ‘ Rimanóczy, an architect awarded Ybl Prize passed away on June 29th. Starting his career after 1956, he was a member of the …
How do man-made spaces address us?
Text: Zsófia Francsicsné Szántay
In the context of architecture, the concepts of meaning, interpretation, reading, as well as adjectives like signifying, iconic, symbolic and emblematic often appear as references to buildings and their …
Text: Szilárd Suba-Faluvégi
What makes the difference between two buildings with regard to quality? What is high-standard architecture like? Why do we like being in one building, whilst we find another unbearable? These are common questions when we think …