National Tennis Centre, Budapest Architect: Géza Kendik Text: Anna Zöldi Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Colours applied in rich tones in architecture from the Art Nouveau style on were gradually pushed into the background and the passage of Art Deco also meant the end of bright palettes. Modernism as such exiled tones altogether, and only tolerated the […]
Ferry station, Szentendre Architects: Antal Puhl, Péter Dajka Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: József Hajdú Based on photos made of the former ferry station in Szentendre one can see that this ferro-concrete Sleeping Beauty was sleeping for quite a long time and badly deteriorated meanwhile. Designed and built back in the 1970s the building was in […]
Nordic Light Office Block, Budapest Architects: Gergely Paulinyi, András Reith Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The concept of Nordic Light office block is based on motion and live experience, as a deliberate choice made by designers. Architects from Mérték Stúdió made use of parametric design methods to create the gentle irregular arches of the […]
Science Museum, Winton Gallery, London Architect: Zaha Hadid Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Luke Hayes The Winton Gallery is the first permanent public museum exhibition designed by Zaha Hadid Architects anywhere in the world. The gallery is also the first of Zaha Hadid Architects’ projects to open in the UK since Dame Zaha Hadid’s sudden death […]
Energy-conscious detached house, Pécs Architect: ifj. Istvan Kistelegdi Text and photos: Bálint Botzheim The energy-conscious detached house was born as the conversion of a cubic prefab block of flats built back in the 1970s as a series of terraced houses which were then more or less updated or converted. Its forms and configuration takes advantage […]
The reconstruction of the minor castle in Fertőd Architects: Viktor Szentkuti, Dénes Halmai, Csaba Molnár Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Zsolt Batár Since the early 2000s – first via scientific research work, then designing and from 2009 on via the various stages of implementation and construction – the renewal project of the complex Esterházy castle in […]
Plečnik House, Ljubljana – Piranesi Award 2016 Architects: Maruša Zorec, Maša Živec, Matjaž Bolčin Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Tadej Bolta The Plečnik House, the home of architect Jože Plečnik located in the leafy Trnovo borough, reopened in September 2015 after two years of renovation. The renovation of the House Plečnik is a small but complex […]
Piarist Kindergarten in Nagykanizsa Architects: Balázs Falvai, Márton Nagy , Balázs Tatár, Dávid Török Text: Ferenc Cságoly Photos: Arion Gábor Kudász The Piarist school centre in Nagykanizsa has a history spanning over 250 years. In 1763 the landlord of the town, count Lajos Batthyány offered to sponsor it. It has been one of the most important educational […]
Assumptions and reconstruction Text: Rudolf Klein, Gergely Nagy Photos: Rudolf Klein The synagogue in Óbuda is a unique case in which modernisation has a clear lead, but the building still retains elements of the tradition in explicit architectural terms. The local significance of the synagogue in Óbuda cannot be overstated: it represents an important milestone […]
Recycling cloisters and their afterlife via contemporary architectural interventions Text: Bianka Varga Whilst transforming into a world of Christianity, the fate of religious orders and their institutions in mediaeval Europe ran parallel with the history of the church after the foundations of the very first cloisters. The changes of the social-political positions of churches almost […]
On a newly published collection of English-language essays Text: Béla Kerékgyártó How did they find their places and what was the role of women who were active as architects in the countries of the Socialist block? Was there any essential difference between West and East Europe in this regard? Edited by Mariann Simon and Mary […]
In the interiors designed by Tadao Ando in St. Louis Text: Anna Losonczi This study examines the spatial experience based on the interiors designedby Tadao Ando in St. Louis. This survey relies upon the designers’intuition and weaves a short summary of research outcomes into thestory of observation. It is about environments where temporality playsa key role […]