Built in the 1840s, the residence of the Apponyi counts rates as a mansion because of its dimensions, whilst its orientation and stepped terrace with an imposing buttress makes it more like a castle. The auxiliary buildings once housed a stable, cart-shed and quarters for the staff. However, it is only one of the melléképület that has come down to us.
The building designed here acts like a palace: the emphasis is on the representative agora embodying the primary message of the building. The structure with a T-plan has a wing parallel with Kálvária Boulevard cutting the inside of the block into two: the southern side turns into a formal courtyard – the elevations with loggias face this…
The goal of pilgrimages in the Pilis Hills is travelling all along the route itself. After covering this distance of 56 km pilgrims reach the site considered to be their destination on the third day. Here they can have a rest and spend the night. My basic principle of designing is an architectural approach free of politics and religion. The structure wishes…
Széll Kálmán Square that can be described by this astronomical concept as a kind of earthly „black hole” has swallowed every single effort and attempt to urbanistic, environmental revitalization or development projects to develop it in the past few decades with no trace left. Bearing the name of Moscow throughout five decades (1951–2011)…
In the spring of 2011 the city of Belgrade published a one-turn international architectural design contest titled The Complex Waterfront Development of the river Sava with the objective to reinterpret and improve the waterfront nexus of the Serbian capital and establish a new reception site by anchoring a contemporary architectural sign…
Originally it was meant to be a weekend resort, but by the end of the designing phase the „8 Blacks” complex turned out to be a residential house and a whole series of associated structures built by the river Venta. Its clients, a Lithuanian family with many children settled down here for good, and saw the potentials of a changed lifestyle in the design…
The architects of the team named Studio AUTORI are prominent representatives of the new generation in Serbia. Their award-winning design was realized in Mokrin (Vajdaság region) a village once significant in the Bánság area originally referred to as Homokrév inhabited by Serbians, Germans and Hungarians. This project of architects gained reputation …
The Architekturzentrum Wien writes architectural (hi)stories: ‘Soviet Modernism 1955 – 1991. Unknown Stories’ explores, for the first time comprehensively, the architecture of the non-Russian Soviet republics completed between the late 1950s and the end of the USSR in 1991. The research and exhibition project shifts the Russian-dominated perspective…
The night not only governs the rhythm of life of all living creatures, surrounding their sleep, but it also is a mysterious breeding ground for man’s creativity and imagination. Whether a demonic realm of shades, a cosy haven, or a brightly illuminated reflection of itself: numerous artists and scientists of various disciplines have been dealing with the night…
The booklet listed sixty major reconstruction work from Pest and Nógrád 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 priority projects include the Hospital in Vác…
This exhibition portrays the life of outstanding architect Maciej Nowicki and sheds new light on his creative output. The exhibits include original and facsimile documents acquired from international archives and from private collections in America, India and Poland, as well as photographs and drawings that offer telling insights into Nowicki’s constructions and design plans.
Mihály Mőcsényi is a prominent character and professor honoured as a „living legend” of Hungarian and international landscape architecture. As an emblematic figure of 20th century European landscape architecture he received Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe’s Award from the IFLA Executive Council at the conference held in in Cape Town in September 2012.