19th International Congress of Architecture, 25. 03. 2022 Text: Orsolya Ware-Nagy Representatives of the Hungarian architectural profession met for the nineteenth time at the International Congress of Architects organized in cooperation with Artifex Publishing and the Association of Hungarian Architects (MÉSZ). The buzzword in the nature of architecture organized this year’s performances around a theme, […]
Results of the Design Contest The Hungarian Arts Academy published the single-turn archietctural design contest titled “The Park of Architecture” in September 2021 to house the collections and exhibitions of the Hungarian Architecture Museum and Monument Protection Documentation Centre maintained by the Academy as well as its public functions in a complex. The task was […]
The Reconstruction of the Opera House Architect: Gábor Zoboki Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Réthey-Prikkel The Opera House of Budapest was accepted with huge respect on its opening to the public in 1884. Built after designs by Miklós Ybl, it was an architectural bravado of architecture and is regarded as such even today. The original […]
PADME Science Centre, Budapest Architects: Júlia Losonczy, Miklós Oroszlány Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Balázs Danyi Castle Hill in Buda is undoubtedly a most significant site of the country also in the architectural sense. Walking on the streets of the middle-class district we see the medieval grid of plots openly revealing the evolution of the historical […]
Family Mansion, Sopron Architect: Bence Török-Szabolcs Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Zsolt Batár Located south of downtown Sopron is a contemporary design family mansion built in a characteristic hillside grown over with pine trees facing north. The landscape wedged between the city and the mountains we can see press-houses like cellars interspersing well-sized residential buildings being […]
Conversion of the Franciscan Convent and St Anthony’s Church in Pasarét, Budapest Architect: Gábor Sajtos Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The complex housing the Franciscan Convent and St Anthony’s Church in Pasarét was consecrated in 1934 and was perhaps the most modern church building in Budapest back in tose days. Its designer, Gyula Rimanóczy […]
The New Community Hall of Hungarian Saints’ Parish, Budapest Architects: Mihály Balázs, Dávid Török, Balázs Falvai, Márton Nagy Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Antal Bánhegyesy Located in the campus of ELTE in Lágymányos, the Hungarian Saints’ Church was extended by a new community hall, which was justified by the pure fact that the congregation attracts a […]
MAGtár Events Hall, Alsóbogát Architect: Miklós M. Miltényi Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Alsóbogát is a tiny village halfway between Kaposvár and Lake Balaton, and yet it has a history of a millennium and also has two castles. One of them, referred to as the Festetics-Inkey castle has an estate of significant size, a […]
Telki Sports Hall Architect: Barnabás Láris Text: Gergő Burián Photos: Bálint Jaksa The evolution of the sports hall in Telki is a unique story: as a prelude to the existing house, a vault-shaped hangar-like metal sports hall was built by the town. The shell-structure hall was not a design welcome by the locals, and were […]
Base4Work, Bratislava Architecture, interiors: DF Creative Group, Studio Perspektiv Text: György Szegő Photos: BoysPlayNice There are only a few buildings with industrial history left in Bratislava that have managed to adapt to the current needs. One of them is functionalist building of Dusan Jurkovič’s Heating Plant, which has been opened to the public after a […]
Reconstruction and extension of the former Festetics mill in Toponár Concept and text: Anna Fekecs One of the districts of Kaposvár, Toponár, was once a Festetics estate, and many buildings preserve the memory of the family. Currently, the mill building is unused and if not used, this valuable Festetics memento will be lost. The plan […]
The 120th Anniversary of the Association of Hungarian Architects Text: András Krizsán DLA In 1902, when Cifrapalota, one of the best known buildings of Hungarian Art Nouveau was completed in Kecskemét, twenty-four Hungarian architects decided it was necessary to found an association in order to defend the interests of Hungarian architectural art. Hopes associated with […]