Riding a Bus in a Pompous Way

Coach Terminal, Keszthely Architect: Tamás Riedl Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In Keszthely, the neighbourhood of the railway station was chosen for this purpose, which seems like a widespread solution. Being subordinated to the railway, coach transport had not possessed a terminal of its own so far: the roofless platforms and the bus terminal […]

Up close and far away

Star Park, Zselic Architects: Judit Erdélyi-Gáspár, Róbert Erdélyi Text: Judit Fenyvesi Photos: Barbara Deák, Judit Fenyvesi, Gábor Szellő As a result of a large-scale development of tourist facilities including several structures, the Star Park of Zselic had been completed by the summer of 2015. Being the least light-polluted area of Hungary, it is located in […]

Land art on the Top of the World

Messner Mountain Museum, Corones, Italy Architect: Zaha Hadid Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Zaha Hadid Architects Embedded within the summit of Mount Kronplatz, 2,275m above sea level at the centre South Tyrol’s most popular ski resort, the Messner Mountain Museum Corones is surrounded by the alpine peaks of the Zillertal, Ortler and Dolomites. Established by renowned […]

Building Game

Dévényi Antal Lookout Tower, Nagy-Kopasz Hill Architect: Dr. Ferenc Lőke Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tibor Zsitva Rising above Piliscsaba, Nagy-Kopasz Hill is crowned with a lookout tower which is the true reflection of a very simple gesture: it seems to have been constructed much in the same way as a little boy would have built […]

In-Between High-tech and Simplicity

Detached Family House, Pécs, Mecsek-Side Architect: Tamás Getto, Tímea Schunk Text: Gergő Radev Photos: Márton Getto, Tímea Schunk The client contacted the designers with a ready-made written programme of the rooms to be contained in the would-be house and a firm, well-defined comprehensive concept in mind which was eventually realized and implemented by Tímea Schunk […]

A Hidden Sacral Axis

St Gellért Hotel and Study House, Székesfehérvár Interior design: Pál Somogyi Text: János Dobó Photos: József Rosta Guests, residents and visitors to St Gellért Hotel and study house in Székesfehérvár may witness today the rebirth of both the exterior and interior – a project which proves a most yielding meeting of the client, architects, interior […]

Kossuth Mausoleum Salvaged

The renewed monument was opened Architect: Kálmán Gerster, 1909 Text: György Szegő Photos: László Sebestyén, Zoltán Kapusi – NÖRI The burial was indeed the most theatrical funeral ceremony of all times in the history of Hungary: as the politician acted as the engine of the Reform Age, was a charismatic man of state during the […]

Architects, Archive!

Szöveg: Ulrich Tamás
A KÖZTI 66 című könyv ünnepélyes bemutatóján is, valamint a FUGA-ban történt ismertetésen is elhangzott Ferkai Andrástól: „Ha nem semmisült volna meg a Közti tervtár anyaga nem is vállaltam volna a feladatot.”

Remodelled Office Block in Kossuth Square, Budapest

Results of the Open Concept Tender The Office of the Hungarian Parliament published the results of the tender for concepts to remodel the office block at No. 6-8 Kossuth Square on December 14th, 2015. Designs based on architectural concepts to work out the facades and mass formation were invited. The call for the contest was […]

A Gentle Person, A Gentle House

Diploma Project, MOME, 2015 Concept: Bori Fenyvesi Consultant: Balázs Marián Although gentleness and tameness are phenomena present in the history of human culture and civilisation for several millennia, we hardly ever associate them with our objcts and spaces even if it could offer an important approach to our accummulated and still more and more accummulating […]

Alejandro Aravena

Alejandro Aravena of Chile receives the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize He practices architecture as an artful endeavor in private commissions and in designs for the public realm and epitomizes the revival of a more socially engaged architect. 
Chicago, IL (January 13, 2016) — Alejandro Aravena of Chile has been selected as the 2016 Pritzker Architecture […]

The tale of urban regeneration

SEM IX. Conference, Budapest, 23-24 November 2015 23 November 2015 – Conference Venue: Institut français de Budapest, 1011 Budapest, Fő u. 17. 9.30 Opening: Levente POLYÁK (KÉK Contemporary Architecture Centre) 9.45 Dr. Ferenc GEGESY (Mayor of Ferencváros between 1990 and 2010) 10.15 Katalin ANDA (chief architect of Ferencváros between 1989 and 1995) 10.45 Bernard BOCLÉ […]