Architecture in a Borderline Situation

ArtKazal, Mórahalom Architects: Csilla Nagy, Zoltán Tóth  Text: Anett Mizsei  Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky  The playfulness of designers and the experimental attitude of architects resulted in this apartman house with a hatched roof modelled on the analogy of a rectangular straw stack on the margins of Mórahalom. It impresses us as if it was not designers […]

The Chocolate Odour of a Sugar Store

Cyclists’ Tourism Centre and Local History Museum, Szerencs Architect: Miklós Salamin Text: Ivett Madár Photos: György Dénes The Sugar Factory in Szerencs was founded in 1889. During its 120 but one years of existence the town also underwent radical changes and development. The chocolate factory was launched in 1923 but developed only after the arrival […]

Past salvaged into the future

Reconstruction Project of Degenfeld-Schonburg Castle, Téglás Architect: Miklós Heppes Text: Gábor Nagy Photos: Tibor Zsitva Respectable in its dimensions and scales, the single-storey Revivalist Classicist style castle was built in 1835 for Imre Degenfeld-Schonburg and his wife. The lateral structures surround an elevated grand court above the terrain which makes the appearance of the building […]

Perspectives of Faith

The Development of the Surroundings of the Pilgrims’ Church, Máriapócs Architects: Ferenc Salamin, Pál Salamin Text: Bálint Botzheim  Photos: György Dénes, Bálint Botzheim  The situation after getting rid of the Turkish rule made it possible to create the iconostasis presenting God’s Mother, the Virgin Mary in a tiny village in the Nyírség region which was […]

I’ll be a Pilot

Reptár – the museum of military aircrafts, Szolnok Architects: Béla Keresztes, Róbert Sós  Text: Miklós Okrutay  Photos: Áron Lality  It was a practical and self-evident opportunity for the city of Szolnok to found a museum of military aircrafts which is a worthwhile collection to European standards. The military airport still in operation today – at […]

Renewed memory

National Museum’s Dialogue Centre, Szczecin Architect: Robert Konieczny Text: Edit Pálinkás  Photos: Jakub Certowicz, Juliusz Sokołowski, Jarosław Syrek For years, the Solidarności Square had been a square by name only – with vague borders, open frontages, burdensome busy street neighborhood and the absence of a defined function, despite the dominating one – to commemorate the […]

Wind-Blown Icon

Auditorium, Riga Concept and text: Péter Magyar  The design was made for an international tender published to invite concepts for auditoriums in Riga as well as for minor structures associated with them, preferably by connecting and complementing the two existing exhibition halls. Shaped ideally as far as acoustics are concerned, the four auditoriums grew out […]

Monostor Mill, Pásztó

Concept and text: Bianka Varga  MÉK-MÉSZ Diploma Award Based in Pásztó, Múzeumkert is a pleasant parkland of the town as well as the historic centre of the settlement. On its southern edge, however, badly deteriorating walls are hiding in the lush weed. This abandoned building is the former Monostor mill. The diploma design targeted to […]

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