The Reconstruction of the National Equestrian Centre Architect: Péter Kis, Alfréd Peschka, Ákos Dobrányi Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Zsolt Batár The fate of the National Equestrian Centre had been uncertain for a long time, up until 2011, when it was rated as a historic building to be protected. The complex now reborn opens up with […]
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Tune Up
DVTK soccer stadium, Diósgyőr Architect: Péter Pottyondy Text: Csaba Bodonyi Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky, Balázs Danyi, Róbert Perness The new soccer stadium in Disgyőr by Péter Pottyondy does not follow the typical and familiar ash-tray or jar design showing a positive mass outward and a closed shell inward. It is not repulsive, but attractive welcoming and […]
Flag on the Guard
Ludovika Sports Centre, Budapest Architect: György Skardelli Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Eszter Walton The new sports centre of the Hungarian National Public Service University serves two main types of activities. The first one includes sports that are directly associated with trainings offered by the institute, and these are completed by activities assisting the economic self-sustaining […]
Indicative Mood
New Market Hall and Cultural Events Centre, Újpest Architect: Zoltán Bun Text: Szilvia Molnár Photos: József Hajdú Church, city hall, market place – the centre of a city can hardly do without these classic facilities. They are also independent points of reference that come together to represent the community’s potentials, intentions and conditions. In this […]
Sown seed
Luther Chapel, Pestszentimre Architect: András Krizsán Text: Erzsébet Maczkó Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In 2007, when the idea to construct the chapel in Pestszentimre was reborn in the Parish church, the members of the congregation started to pray and work for its construction. In a few years’ time, in 2015 the presbytery decided to build the […]
A Stop-Gap Building
The House of Jewish Excellences, Balatonfüred Architect: Péter Sugár Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In Balatonfüred, more precisely in the district named Ófalu there is an old-new building standing in Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road that reflects rational simplicity. Behind the stone fence there is an archetypal building mass with white plastered walls, a pitched roof with […]
A Site Consecrated by the Congregation
Calvinist Church and Congregation Centre on Svábhegy Architects: Zoltán Szécsi, Lajos Ónodi Szabó Text: István Bartók Photos: József Hajdú It has appeared at the end of the 20th century, and even more so in the early 21st century, that a church is not the home of God any more, but that of the community. The […]
Without Clichés
Resurrection Church, Rennes, France Architect: Álvaro Siza Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Joao Morgado The large-scale development of Rennes was managed by Jean-Pierre Pranlas-Descours French architect who contacted Álvaro Siza in 2009 to ask him to design an ecclesiastic centre for the quickly growing village. A central spatial organisation appeared to be the best choice for […]
Mesmerizing Transformer House Rewired
Markó Street, Budapest Architects: Miklós Dombi, Tamás Pintér Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: József Hajdú The designs of the dwelling-houses in Honvéd Street (Lipótváros area) by the Municipal Electric Works of Budapest were made for an architectural tender published in 1926. The raw brick facade of the complex with its playful articulation, the multilevel windows, and […]
Open and Protected
WorldQuant Office, Budapest Interior design: Minusplus Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Török / Topogram The Hungarian office of WorldQuant was designed by architects from Minusplus to reflect the profile and the philosophy of the company: it is logical, transparent and complex, open to the world. The starting point for the concept was that the activities […]
Library and Information Centre in Hódmezővásárhely
Design Contest, Shared 2nd Prize Concept and text: Péter Gereben, Balázs Marián The building of the new library and information centre as well as its environment make up a complex joining the fabric of the town in an organic way as an open public institution. Its interiors and exterior spatial links have the potentials to […]
The Temple of Culture
Scheme for the Municipal Library Concept and text: ONE Műterem Hódmezővásárhely We are hereby presenting one of the architectural concepts submitted for the design contest of the Library and Information Centre of Hódmezővásárhely (finished in April, 2018) which has not been selected as one of the winners. It is the result of cooperation by Roland […]