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Competition for the Memorial of the National Anthem
In February 2025, the Ministry of Construction and Transport announced an architectural design competition for the design of the Anthem Memorial in Szatmárcseke. The aim of the tender was to create a worthy architectural design for the birthplace of the Hungarian national anthem: a multi-functional, integrated cultural institution with visitor center functions, the central constituent […]
Holocaust Memorial in Terézváros
In May 2025, the Municipality of Terézváros (Budapest 6th district) announced a two-round, open tender to erect a memorial on Liszt Ferenc Square to the hundreds of victims who were killed and buried in mass graves on the square during the rule of the Hungarian Nazi party. Liszt Ferenc Square is a memorial to the […]
Gothic and White Cube
Renovation and Extension of the Former Ministry of Finance Building, Budapest Architects: Sándor Makrai, Ádám Vesztergom, Gábor Kruppa Text: András Hadik Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The long years of planning and restoration of the former Ministry of Finance building, which basically defines the appearance of Trinity Square in Buda Castle, have borne fruit: this late masterpiece […]
Floating Gaze
Sauska Tokaj Winery, Mád Architect: Péter Bordás Text: Rita Tuczai Photos: Hufton+Crow The futuristic building of the Sauska Tokaj Winery is an interlocking, 36-meter-diameter, reinforced concrete structure reminiscent of flat bowls, which stands with natural elegance and lightness in the Tokaj-Hegyalja region, world-famous for its viticulture. The building’s clearly defined, characterful elements visible above ground […]
A Residential Castle with Extras
Metrodom Green Residential Park, Budapest Architect: Zsolt Hajnal Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Norbert Juhász Ferencváros, which until recently played an important economic role, is undergoing a major renewal, with numerous new residential buildings being constructed on the site of century-old industrial buildings. The Metrodom corner lot was previously occupied by a plastic processing plant. The […]
Melting Pot or Ornament?
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen Architects: László Monori, Tamás Tótszabó Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Bálint Jaksa A few years ago, the University of Debrecen embarked on a new development: it wanted to implement and launch a new type of pharmaceutical education, unique in Hungary, by combining industry, manufacturing, and theoretical education, with all these […]
Abilities and Possibilities
The new building complex of Szent György Hospital in Székesfehérvár Architect: Attila Gáva Text: Péter Debreczeni Photos: György Palkó The Szent György Hospital is a pavilion-style institution with a very diverse building stock. The newly completed building is one stage in a long development process. The process itself began in the late 1970s with infrastructure […]
Source Stone
Szeleta Park Visitor Center, Miskolc Architect: Zsolt Vasáros Text: Kristóf Mánya Photos: Bálint Jaksa The unusual circular shape of the Visitor Center attracts attention in itself, but does so in such a way that is not at all intrusive. It marks and imbues with meaning a rather peripheral location that today typically has little value. […]
New Continuity
Columbarium of the Evangelical Church in Zugló, Budapest Architect: András Krizsán Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Dániel Dömölky The new columbarium of the Evangelical Church in Zugló was completed at the end of last year. The burial place with urn niches, which had been planned for several years for the members of the congregation, was initially […]
Taste and See How Sweet the Lord Is
Renovation of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Sickle, Vértessomló Architects: Balázs Biri, Levente Szabó Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Balázs Biri Consecrated at the end of 2024, the Shrine of Our Lady of the Sickle located in Vértessomló was a late-Baroque style building with an eclectic interior design influenced by past eras up until […]
Found Location
Concert Hall, Karlovy Vary, CZ Architect: Petr Hájek Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Benedikt Markel, Pavel Nasadil, Petr Polák Originally built in 1895 as a masterpiece of spa innovation, the Imperial Spa has been reborn as a vibrant cultural landmark. At its heart lies a modern “music machine,” inspired by the historic “peat machine” once integral […]