Coach Terminal, Keszthely Architect: Tamás Riedl Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In Keszthely, the neighbourhood of the railway station was chosen for this purpose, which seems like a widespread solution. Being subordinated to the railway, coach transport had not possessed a terminal of its own so far: the roofless platforms and the bus terminal […]
Star Park, Zselic Architects: Judit Erdélyi-Gáspár, Róbert Erdélyi Text: Judit Fenyvesi Photos: Barbara Deák, Judit Fenyvesi, Gábor SzellÅ‘ As a result of a large-scale development of tourist facilities including several structures, the Star Park of Zselic had been completed by the summer of 2015. Being the least light-polluted area of Hungary, it is located in […]
Messner Mountain Museum, Corones, Italy Architect: Zaha Hadid Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Zaha Hadid Architects Embedded within the summit of Mount Kronplatz, 2,275m above sea level at the centre South Tyrol’s most popular ski resort, the Messner Mountain Museum Corones is surrounded by the alpine peaks of the Zillertal, Ortler and Dolomites. Established by renowned […]
Dévényi Antal Lookout Tower, Nagy-Kopasz Hill Architect: Dr. Ferenc LÅ‘ke Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tibor Zsitva Rising above Piliscsaba, Nagy-Kopasz Hill is crowned with a lookout tower which is the true reflection of a very simple gesture: it seems to have been constructed much in the same way as a little boy would have built […]
Detached Family House, Pécs, Mecsek-Side Architect: Tamás Getto, TÃmea Schunk Text: GergÅ‘ Radev Photos: Márton Getto, TÃmea Schunk The client contacted the designers with a ready-made written programme of the rooms to be contained in the would-be house and a firm, well-defined comprehensive concept in mind which was eventually realized and implemented by TÃmea Schunk […]
St Gellért Hotel and Study House, Székesfehérvár Interior design: Pál Somogyi Text: János Dobó Photos: József Rosta Guests, residents and visitors to St Gellért Hotel and study house in Székesfehérvár may witness today the rebirth of both the exterior and interior – a project which proves a most yielding meeting of the client, architects, interior […]
The renewed monument was opened Architect: Kálmán Gerster, 1909 Text: György SzegÅ‘ Photos: László Sebestyén, Zoltán Kapusi – NÖRI The burial was indeed the most theatrical funeral ceremony of all times in the history of Hungary: as the politician acted as the engine of the Reform Age, was a charismatic man of state during the […]
Szöveg: Ulrich Tamás
A KÖZTI 66 cÃmű könyv ünnepélyes bemutatóján is, valamint a FUGA-ban történt ismertetésen is elhangzott Ferkai Andrástól: „Ha nem semmisült volna meg a Közti tervtár anyaga nem is vállaltam volna a feladatot.”
A Brief Survey 2015 – Restoring Historic Buildings in Pest County Text: Gábor Nagy The leaflet titled A Brief Survey (in Hungarian: Egy kis mustra) has been published now for the fifth time with the ambition to present restoration projects of historic buildings completed in the current year. Launched in 2011, the year when governmental […]
Lecture in the Thursday School of MÉSZ Text: Ervin László Ervin László, a world famous science-philosopher, author and the founder of Budapest Club gave a lecture on December 18th, 2015 in the House of Architects. Organised by a civil academy named Thursday School, his lecture was primarily about the challenges the global world is to […]
A Holistic Approach to the Climate Summit in Paris Text: László Antal Z. Of all the changes affecting nature in the past two decades it was climate change that has generated the greatest interest of politicians, professionals and societies. Several diagnoses have been made of the ecological conditions of Planet Earth in the last decades, […]
Architecture and psychology, research and planning Text: Anna Losonczi A mental map (mindmap) is an image in our minds about the environment, which is primarily the result of perceptions, and which is constructed along a logic different from traditional geographical maps. It actually modifies according to subjective assessments of values and viewpoints and continuously changes […]