Designed by Pedro de Ribera, the military barracks was built in 1720 in Madrid to accommodate about 600 soldiers and 400 horses of the royal guard of Philip V. Abandoned in 1969, the building now temporarily houses cultural establishments and is going to be completely revived to change its military function to that of culture after the tender-winning…
The Calvinist church in Helvécia has been born as a building sounding the praises of God as the fruit of the inner spiritual motif driving and moving the faithful, leaders of the community, their pastor, sponsors and builders. Each participant is simultaneously a creator contributing to it either via donation, organisation and enthusiasm, by drawing the plans…
Designed by Kiev-based architectural group rDS Bothers, the silhouette of the chapel is taken from traditional ukrainian wooden church tower. Surroundings of pinewood forest conditioned vertical shape of the chapel encompasses a small floor area which is compensated by high interior space. A square floor plan, thanks to tilted walls, twisted at an angle…
Large and exceptionally cultivated garden becomes natural part of nearby pine forest and its southern edge defined by S-shaped lake with grassy banks makes beautiful surroundings of the family house. And the Teahouse is just part of this carefully designed scenery. The inner space of the teahouse could be adjusted by the sliding doors…
Social and economic transformations taking place in the past few decades, and especially the losses affecting villages first of all entailed the loss of traditions. As a result of changing social and economic tendencies the traditional vernacular culture of the peasantry and thus the uprooting of self-sustaining rural communities after millennia…
Some of the ancient, 7 million years old trees found in summer, 2007 in Bükkábrány are exhibited in the Ipolytarnóc Fossils Nature Reserve, whilst the four trees transported to the Herman Ottó Museum in Miskolc have proven sensational enough to house a new science wing here. Relying upon the power full call of the Methuselah trees…
József Borsos is a major architect of the 20th century in Hungary. His name is connected with such Debrecen buildings as the University Church, the Mortuary Building, the Stadion and the Swimming Pool as well. The exhibition explores the social background of these developments and the significant role of István Vásáry mayor…
The 7th edition of the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR), the major festival in the field of film and architecture all over the world, will be held from 10 to 13 October. More than 100 films on current trends in urban design and architecture will be screened in the LantarenVenster cinema in Rotterdam, Holland. Disused buildings.
Mihály Kubinszky: A régi soproni Lőverek, second edition, Stil Nuovo, 2013
The second edition of Mihály Kubinszky’s book on the history of LÅ‘vérek district in Sopron publish in 2013 due to the success of the first edition and several new developments in the area.
Mud huts, timber dwellings, stone houses – architectural structures around the world have evolved to be perfectly adapted to the surrounding environment, climate and available building materials. With the growing awareness of sustainable construction and regional traditions, these building types have been rediscovered as vital sources…
Csaba Csontos began his career in the studio of his master, Lajos Zalaváry, along with his friend Miklós Dobozi. As a young architect his name is linked to the highest quality building of the early postmodern architecture in Hungary, the MTA Observatory in PiszkéstetÅ‘. For many decades he took part in the reconstruction of the Festetics Castle…
Prima Primissima Award 2013 in Hungarian Architecture category goes to:
Primissima: Dr. Zoltán Bachman
Prima: János Golda
Prima: Tamás Karácsony DLA