The Renewed Carmelite Complex Architects: Gábor Zoboki, Csaba Silvester Text: Miklós Sulyok Photos: Tamás Réthey-Prikkel This task may have been the most difficult one for design in the past few decades in Hungarian architecture with which Gábor Zoboki was commissioned: he had to design the new headquarters of the Ministers in the Castle District by […]

Fatima Pilgrimage Center and Shrine, Alsószentiván Architect: Robert Gutowski Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The appearance of the Blessed Virgin in Fatima was first celebrated on May 13th in 1951 in Alsószentiván. This tiny village has been frequented by lots of pilgrims since then, the Catholic church being a shrine on the 13th of […]

The Calvinist Church, Újpalota, Budapest Architect: Balázs Kertész Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In the early 2000s, the Calvinist community started to evolve in Pestújhely and Újpalota, which soon brought about the need for a church of their own. Design process launched in 2015 followed a programme clearly phrased by the congregation whilst allowing […]

The transformation of MOME Campus Architects: Katalin Csillag, Zsolt Gunther Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Zsolt Hlinka The comprehensive reconstruction of the Campus of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) has reached its resting point. The large-scale project was launched in the wake of a governmental decree in 2014: a tender was published to invite […]

József Attila Public Library, Makó Architects: Imre Makovecz†, Judit Szente-Vargáné Gerencsér Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Zsófia Kedves, Tibor Zsitva The building opened as the home of the public library in Makó 1971 had deteriorated hazardously by 2007. The first sketches for its reconstruction were made by Dezső Ekler in 1997. Back in those days the […]

Market Hall, Nagykőrös Architects: Irén Járomi, Gyula Kiss Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: György Palkó Nagykőrös is a traditionally agricultural and commercial centre with a monthly market which is a major forum for regional trade. The preservation of traditions is a prioritized mission of the town. In order to allow the market to throb like the […]

Pesterzsébet Open-air Baths Építészek: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus, Bence László Dobos, Zsolt Nagy Szöveg: Zoltán Dragon Fotók: József Hajdú The baths complex was founded in Pesterzsébet in 1924, almost at the peak season of such facilities in Budapest. The model, which it was designed after, as well as a point of reference for it was […]