A Bravado of Heritage Protection

The facelifting of the Synagogue in Szeged Architects: Péter Wagner, Tamás Kőnig Text: György Szegő Photos: Balázs Danyi There was no Crystal Night in Hungary, which means that more than 40 synagogues and ceremonial buildings designed and built by Lipót Baumhorn (1860–1932) could survive in Central Europe. The synagogues built in his age which was […]

Associations of a Cultural Landscape

Zoo Visitors’ Centre and Hotel Pangea, Nyíregyháza Architect: Attila Gáva Text: Rita Tuczai Photos: György Palkó Selected as the best of its kind in Europe in 2018, the Zoological Gardens of Nyíregyháza has a new visitors’ centre which is also the symbolic gate of Sóstógyógyfürdő, a district of the city, which in turn is rated […]

The Local Spirit

Láng Machinery Plant Culture Centre – Third Generation Architects: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus, Bence László Dobos, Ágnes Tőrös (2018), György Tokár (1970) Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Based in Angyalföld, a traditional industrial district of Budapest, the machinery plant of the Láng family (founded in 1868) had its first culture centre in 1930. It […]

Finding its Place

Váci Greens Building „D”, Budapest Architects: István Lukács, András Vikár, Árpád Gál Text: Bence Török-Szabolcs Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Developed by Atenor Group, the fourth building of Váci Greens has been completed. Although this large-scale development located in the section of Váci Road beyond Rákos spring is still incomplete as two northern structures are to be […]

A New Identity

White House Office Block, Budapest Architect: Zoltán Tima Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky There is no doubt that the section of Váci Street in District 13 is one of the most dynamically evolving parts of Budapest today. Actually, it is almost impossible to recall the highly heterogenuous former image of this thoroughfare. Defined by […]

Town Scale, City Scale

Town Hall, Törökbálint Architects: Ferenc Keller, Barnabás Láris, Dávid Szabó Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: József Hajdú The local government of Törökbálint has been planning for decades now to provide services to its population from a single modern venue with a more cost-efficient system instead of scattered and outdated buildings that house its institutions. The suburb […]

Trust in Future

Nivegy House, Balatoncsicsó Architects: Zsolt Félix, Richárd Hőnich, Tamás Fialovszky Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Gergely Máté Oláh The unique spirit of the Upper-Balaton region is a result of its natural faculties, as well as the rich cultural blend evolving in its wake. The village of Balatoncsicsó is set in Nivegy Valley, and has a Catholic […]

The Garden of Heavens

Forest Chapel, Pannonhalma, St Emery’s Hill Architects: MOME Építészeti Intézet Text: Anna Zsoldos Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The theoretical course held by Zoltán Körösvölgyi at Moholy-Nagy University of Arts in the academic year 2017/18 was titled Contemporary Sacred. As a result, works of art associated with the sacred were born in its wake instead of the […]

Dawn on the top of the Chimney

Boiler house, Libčice nad Vltavou Architect: Patrick Hoffman Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: BoysPlayNice An original conversion of a former boiler house into a multi-functional leaseable area for cultural, corporate and social events, with an ambition to become the heart of a future arts & culture district existing in a symbiotic relationship with traditional crafts and […]

Wolf Trap

Wolf Research Centre Concept and text: Csenge Kővári The area which was formerly a venue for shooting films used by the Hungarian Movie Company is located near Gödöllő. Today it is possessed by an ethologist and the managers of a world-famous animal co-ordinator, Horkai Animal Training Center. The main focus of the scheme was if […]

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