Expo 2020 Dubai, 2021–2022 Text and photos: Pál Lővei Scheduled for the winter of 2020/2021, and referred to as the Expo2020 ever since, this exhibition had to be postponed a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is undoubtedly the best organised and integrated and, besides that of Seville, also the highest-ranking category of the […]

Neue Galerie, Wiener Neustadt, Austria Architects: Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perović Text: Eszter Götz Photos: David Schreyer The project is a result of a competition held in 2016 that set the task of making the casemates, an ammunition storage structure of the medieval fortress accessible to the general public in the form of a new […]

V. 30 Downtown Sports Centre, Budapest Architect: György Skardelli Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: György Palkó Opened and inaugurated in the summer of 2021, V 30 Downtown Sports Centre is centrally located, and the faculties of the site and the property as well as the projected sports centre to be built had seriously challenging expectations. Rated […]

Sports Hall, Szentendre Architect: Sándor Jassó Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Abigél Riesz The original aim of the project was to design and construct a new sports hall for the Franciscan secondary school in Szentendre which is suited for sports, religious and ceremonial events of the school and can also be used as the venue for […]

Centre of the Calvinist Congregation, Budaörs Architect: Zoltán Berzsák Text: György Major Photos: József Hajdú Budaörs was a village of 6,000 Catholic Swabians back in the early-20th century. Today it is a town with 30,000 residents of heterogenuous religious and cultural background. A unique feature of the historic centre is a section of the main […]

Belongingness Calvinist Church, Pesterzsébet Architects: Imre Makovecz, Tamás Dósa Papp Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Tamás Dósa Papp The sketches of the new church in Pesterzsébet were made by Imre Makovecz, who died ten years ago, whilst designs were elaborated by his pupil, Dósa Papp Tamás. Tradition and reinterpretation, church and communal space: these keywords may […]

St Michael’s Parish Church Communal House, Albertfalva Architect: Zsolt Nemes Text: Gábor Nagy Photos: Zsolt Hlinka Consecrated in 1941, the church erected in honour of St Michael was designed by Jenő Kismarty-Lechner and his son, Jenő Lechner Jr. The characteristic architectural tone of the building was enriched with a harmonious accord to accompany it. The […]

Residential Building, Budapest Text: Mária Tatai Architects: Tibor Dékány, Ádám Hatvani Photos: Zsolt Hlinka The road named Attila út is also the eastern border of Vérmező in the Buda site of the capital city. Residential buildings located here today are typically 4-6 storey buildings constructed in the 20th century to replace former single-storey developments of […]

Csillagerőd, Komárom Architect: István Mányi Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: József Hajdú Csillagerőd, which translates into English as Star Fortress in Komárom achieved its condition which was the starting point for the current reconstruction between 1850 and 1870. At the time of its construction it was rated as one of the most significant defensive system in […]

Dubai Expo, Hungarian Pavilion Architect: Lőrinc Csernyus Text: György Szegő Photos: Bence Csernyus Organised in 2021, the Dubai World Exhibition 2020 kept the original concept introduced in 1851, which means that it addresses the major global issues as the showcase of nations with national pavilions. Architect Lőrinc Csernyus was inspired by the oeuvre of Imre […]

Buffalo Broods and educational trail, Sándorfalva Architects: Paradigma Ariadné Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: Attila Róbert Csóka, Szabolcs Molnár An arch with a 500-metre radius cuts across the reeds on the margins of Sándorfalva with a length of 500 metres. Design was started five years ago by Paradigma Ariadné. Several other study trails and facilities of […]

H. C. Andersen Museum, Odense Architect: Kengo Kuma Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Hans Christian Andersen Museum The new H.C. Andersen’s House in Odense is among the largest and most ambitious museum projects in recent times. For the past many months, exhibition designers, curators, artists, craftsmen and developers have worked non-stop on the building as well […]