István Széchenyi Primary School, Budakeszi Architect: Attila Turi Text: Mária Tatai Photos: György Dénes The school is built on a semi-circular site in Kerekmező square. The inclination of the terrain means it is bordered by straight walls from below and along the main road, and embraced with a large arched line on the other side. […]
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A Dual Challenge
Office Block of the Parliament Office, Budapest Architect: Bence Vadász Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Clerks of the Parliament offices had the chance to take their new work places in György Szabad Office Building now. Developing the northern side of Kossuth Square was completed between the two world wars, leaving the southern side vacant. […]
Raise the Bid!
Detached house, Budakeszi Architect: Gábor Bártfai-Szabó Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Gábor Bártfai-Szabó and his wife, a fellow architect are already building their second family home in Budakeszi, along a dirt road of the formerly closed development zone of the settlement. The site is located near the former one. The challenge matched their previous […]
In Mother Nature’s Lap
Detached House, Bugyi Ürbőpuszta Architect: Péter Vékony Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: György Palkó Edged into the territory of the country from the south, this region of sandy hills between the rivers Danube and Tisza is far away from the bustle of Budapest, but still within a proximity easily accessible from anywhere. Architect Péter Vékony and […]
Aurea Mediocritas
Food Industry Training Workshop, Karcag Architect: Gábor Csanády Text: Levente Móré Photos: Gábor Csanády Restrained and symmetrical organisation matched with pleasant rhythm features the new food industry plant of the Karcag-based Sámuel Szentannai vocational school designed by Gábor Csanády, who respected architectural traditions of the Great Hungarian Plain whilst blending it with contemporary characteristics easy […]
Chopsticks
Medical Center, Budapest, Kőbánya Architects: Roberta Horváth, Erzsébet Mészáros Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Erzsébet Mészáros In the former industrial area of Budapest, in Kőbánya, there are rather abandoned industrial halls, warehouse buildings and office buildings of disappeared and disappeared companies. Within the framework of the Kőbánya Municipality’s office renovation program, the reconstruction of the building […]
Schools and Slaps
Federal High School, Aspern Architects: Fuchs & Fuchs Architekten Text: György Szegő Photos: Hertha Hurnaus, Paul Ott Aspern Federal School is located in the largest urban expansion district in the northeast of Vienna, where the provided infrastructure should correspond to the criteria of sustainability. According to the progressive competition programme the Federal Ministry of Education […]
Making Use of the Wenckheim Granary in Doboz
MÉSZ-MÉK Diploma Award 2019 Concept: Miklós Megyesi, DE Műszaki Kar Consultant: Ferenc Keller Built in 1864, the granary building was designed by Miklós Ybl and stands now near the centre of the settlement. Wheat, corn and rye is typically stored here. In case the crop was wet, they were stored in the drying tower. In […]
Egy máig érvényes kísérlet
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Történetek téglában, kőben
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Böhm 100
The Concrete Cathedral of Neviges DAM, Frankfurt, 18 January – 27 September 2020 Gottfried Böhms 100th birthday is on January 23, 2020. We intend to celebrate it: with an exhibition devoted to the pilgrimage church in Neviges, one of his most important designs. Commissioned by Franciscan monks and the second largest church in the Archdiocese […]
Cold War and Architecture
Contributions to Austria’s Democratization after 1945 Az Wien, Vienna, 17 October 2019 – 24 February 2020 After the liberation of Austria in spring 1945 and the occupation by the four victorious powers of Great Britain, France, USA, and the Soviet Union, Vienna became a central stage for the Cold War. The competition of the systems […]