Ibis Styles Budapest Airport Hotel, Ferihegy Architect: László Szerdahelyi Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky After waiting for it for a decade, the airport in Ferihegy at last was given a hotel. It was not built in the city, or but at the junction by Határ Road, but on the site, near the mass of […]
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Leipzig Book Fair 2018
The Hungarian Pavilion Concept and text: Hetedik Műterem Photos: Balázs Danyi In the exhibition space of the Leipzig Book Fair, spanning several thousand square meters, every spring the most recent Hungarian books translated to German are displayed in the national pavilion with and area of a few tens of square meters. Focusing on a specific […]
Set on Track
TVE Sports Centre, Óbuda Architect: János Plájer Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Zsolt Batár In 2017 the citizens of Óbuda came into possession of the new recreation centre of the Sports, Gymnastics and Fencing Association of District III. The comprehensive revival of the sports complex contains the educational swimming pool, running tracks and sports fields, as […]
Treasure from Bread
Reconstruction of a Historic Granary, Budajenő Architect: Balázs Csóka Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Zsófia Kedves A Baroque-style granary has been restored in Budajenő, the original timber structure of which dates back to the 1700s, featuring a roofing supported by wooden Doric columns, which has preserved its girder and roof in fine condition. During the reconstruction […]
Unity Made Complete
Lutheran Kindergarten, Győr Architect: Péter Ráskai Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The evangelical district of Győr called Insula Lutherana is a unique architectural complex with its insular embedding into the city fabric. The structure of this extraordinary development preserved till now has been revived in a few years in one stage, thanks to a […]
Embracing walls
Kindergarten, Niederolang Architects: feld72 Text: Zsuzsa Beliczay Photos: Hertha Hurnhaus The house for a kindergarten in Valdaora di Sotto, South Tyrol, illustrates the local mesh of tradition, contemporary life and nature within the slowly grown village structure. This third kindergarten designed by feld72 aligns itself to the setting, without being subordinate to it. Subtly placed, […]
Voluntary architecture
Social School, Ghana Architects: Funk Bogdán, Balázs Szelecsényi, Orsolya Vadász, Diána Nusszer, Csinszka Cserháti, Roland Németh Text: Funk Bogdán Photos: Funk Bogdán, William Newman Koforidua in Ghana has a primary school where students have their education in an overcrowded store building, as well as on the corridors learn and under a shabby tin-roof. A team […]
Balokány Baths Concept
Pécs, Balokány Concept: Gábor Kovács Balokány is a grove in downtown Pécs, the most extensive unbroken green zone of the city, which contains the artificial lake and the baths complex which has been out of use for several decades. The primary goal of the concept to revive the baths located in Balokány grove was a […]
Serpentine
Danube Museum and Conference Centre, Komárom Concept: Csémy Olivér, Csémy Krisztián The tip of Erzsébet island in Komárom is located in a site outstanding for both of the neighbouring countries, Hungary and the Slovak Republic. The design of the Danube Museum and Conference Centre is a response to this unique position. The centre unique along […]
Metropolises Budapest I Vienna
Parallel Urban Spaces from the 20th Century Architektur im Ringturm, Vienna, 7 March – 8 June 2018 Photos: Ringturm The first exhibition in 2018 in Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein’s popular Architektur im Ringturm series focuses on the architectural heritage of Budapest and Vienna in the 20th century. The exhibition spotlights architectural trends in both capitals between […]
Sanghay – Shanghai
Parallel Diversities between East and West Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest, 22 September 2017 – 8 April 2018 Opening 21 September 2017, the new exhibition at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, titled Sanghay – Shanghai. Parallel Diversities between East and West, links the emblematic oriental metropolis of Shanghai with the Sanghay […]
Visions of World Architecture
Illustrations from the Royal Academy Lectures of Sir John Soane Tschoban Foundation, Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin, 3 March – 17 June 2018 This new temporary loan exhibition is the third collaborative project between the Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin and Sir John Soane’s Museum, London. The exhibition showcases a series of remarkable drawings produced […]