Sancaklar Mosque, Istanbul Architect: Emre Arolat Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Cemal Emden, Thomas Mayer Modernism in Turkey had for a long time been synonymous with national Historicism adapted to the utilization of reinforced concrete. It is quite recently that architects have been given the chance to rediscover local and traditional building materials to resolve the […]
Gilvesy Winery, Hegymagas Architect: Gábor Sajtos Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Standing on St George’s Hill in the wine region north of Lake Balaton, the original structure was built to function as a winepress and winegrower’s house in the early 19th century as part of the Esterházy estate. Grapes and wine were processed here, […]
Il Bacio di Stile, Budapest Architect: Csaba Nagy Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky, Tamás Opitz The investor was now looking for an actually existing building for his vision of a multibrand luxury department store. Of many other real estates that have been standing unoccupied for a long time this Neo-Renaissance and Eclectic-style tenement house […]
Adventure Space and Playhouse in the Park of the Castle in Hatvan Architects: Irén Járomi, Gyula Kiss Text: András Bán Photos: Tibor Zsitva Gyula Kiss and Irén Járomi were commissioned to redesign the auxiliary buildings built in the Kádár era in the garden of the Baroque-style castle in Hatvan apropos of a museum investment. They […]
Lake Cabin, Czech Republic Architects: Pavel Nasadil, Jan Horky – FAM Architekti / Feilden+Mawson Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tomas Balej The replacement of an old cabin on a lake shore in Norther Bohemia respects the unique natural character of the site and follows the cabin’s original outline. The brief of the project was to provide […]
XXS Pavilions, Almádi Yacht Club, Balatonalmádi Archtiect: Csaba Kovács Text: Marianna Berényi Photos: NARTARCHITECTS Although the well-known forms of this pavilion re-occur in gardens as repeated visual signs, designing it was quite a challenge for contemporary architecture, much in the same way as the design work of every structure typically constructed as part of the […]
Water Pavilion and Trans Structures, Allwater Pavilion, Kecskemét Design and text: Mátyás Gutai Photos: Marcel Kiss Innovation in building, structure and design are the pillars Allwater Ltd. is based upon. Years of international experience in research and design (Japan) and in business (Switzerland) assure safe and reliable basis for all of our ventures, whether it […]
Remodelling a Residential Building, Tokaj-Hegyalja Architect: András Füzes Consultant: Ferenc Salamin Text: Gábor Erhardt Photos: András Füzes The owner of the old residential building in Tokaj-Hegyalja, who is a leading figure of the wine region, commissioned architect András Füzes to remodel it so as to include a café on the street side besides the apartments […]
Monument restoration in Pest County The booklet listed 46 major reconstruction work from Pest County. Twenty large-scale or partial restoration offers detailed informations about the circumstances of the restoration, the history of the buildings and the cultural and historical significance of the projects.
The World of Isay Weinfeld Az Wien, 18 December 2014 – 23 February 2015 Isay Weinfeld is not only among the most sought-after contemporary Brazilian architects but is also successful in the areas of exhibition design, stage set, furniture and object design and, in particular, as a film-maker. Like no-one else he has succeeded in […]
Two Exhibitions in Paris Sade. Attacking the Sun Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 14 October 2014 – 25 January 2015 Donatien Alphonse François de Sade (1740–1814) completely transformed the history of both literature and the arts, first as an underground writer, and later by becoming a veritable legend in his lifetime. The Divin Marquis’s work is a […]
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, 20 November 2014 – 9 March 2015 On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), this retrospective exhibition presents the unique work of this great architect, theorist and restaurateur, founder of the Museum of Comparative Sculpture whose museum of French Monuments is […]