Architects: Gábor Zoboki, András Csiszér Text: Csaba Kovács Photos: György Palkó A world exhibition is always a significant opportunity and challenge for architecture, but at the same time, it also poses a huge architectural and aesthetic risk. With so many pavilions competing to outdo one another, it is not easy to find the appropriate style. […]
Quadrupling the Circle
EXPO 2025, Osaka, Japan Text and photos: Pál Lővei Asia’s first World Expo was held in Osaka in 1970, followed by others: this top-tier show, now in its sixth year in Japan. The new World Expo, which will open in 2025 on the artificial island of Osaka Bay, will be designed by Sou Fujimoto, who […]
Visiting the Károlyi Family
Reconstruction of the Károlyi Castle, Fehérvárcsurgó Architect: Réka Kralovánszky Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Angelica Károlyi, Ágnes Fekete The Károlyi Castle in Fehérvárcsurgó is widely known as a hotel with a first-class restaurant and part of a huge arboretum-like park. However, the castle is also one of the centres of Francophone culture in Hungary, and with […]
Internal Values
Inside-In Office Building, Budapest Architects: Donát Rabb, Zsolt Alexa, Ákos Schreck Text: Anna Zöldi Photos: Tamás Török / Topogram Redesigned by Minusplus, this building was a readily found object that the creators took on with great excitement. They worked on it until they achieved a result that everyone concerned liked: a well-functioning, cool contemporary interior […]
School Building on the Border
Ferenc Kozma Agricultural Technical College Sports Hall, Mezőhegyes Architect: András Katona Text: Kristóf Mánya Photos: Máté Czabán The town is located just four kilometers from the Romanian border. This position in itself defines a specific and limited historical path for development that is difficult to tackle. The building complex of the Ferenc Kozma Agricultural Technical […]
A Terrasse over the City
Goodwill Office Building, Szeged Architect: Csongor Török Text: Péter Vesmás Photos: Zsófia Török The pharmaceutical company named Goodwill purchased a dilapidated corner lot half a block in size in Szeged to build its new office building on. It was quite a sensible decision to make use of the two existing buildings preserved on the site. […]
A Tradition Re-framed
Open-air Stage, Bükkszentkereszt Architect: Miklós Salamin Text: Enikő Harmath-Gyetvay Photos: Miklós Salamin Bükkszentkereszt, a village nestling in a valley surrounded by mountains, is the second highest settlement in the country. In the 2020s, several open-air stages were built in the neighbouring villages with the help of grant funding to respond to real needs. The building […]
From an Industrial Enclave to a College
Slachta Margit College, Budapest Architects: Alfréd Peschka, Gabriella Öcsi Text: Péter Debreczeni Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky To the west of the capital city, Budapest, along the road leading to the motorway, a blue-framed industrial building had stood vacant for more than a decade. The area itself, squeezed between the main roads and the nearby railway line, […]
Surrounded by Edges
House of Remembrance of the Augustow Roundup, Augustow, Poland Architecture: Tremend Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Bartosz Makowski The historic Dom Turka facility located in Augustow, Poland opened for the public as the House of Remembrance of the Augustow Roundup. The facility, a witness to the tragic events of 1945, has been restored and adapted for […]
What Lake Balaton Means for Me
Holiday Visitors’ Centre, Balatonfüred Architects: László Herczeg, Tamás Vörös DLA Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Fenes Gaining fame as the Esterházy Mansion in Balatonfüred, the history of the former holiday home dates from the late 18th century to the 1960s. The L-shaped building, built in 1782 in its first phase, was still a single-floor structure, […]
The Authenticity of the Site
Reconstruction of Wenckheim Castle, Szabadkígyós Architects: Csaba Balogh, Ágnes Deigner, Levente Sirokai, Péter Sónicz Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Levente Sirokai After the Wenckheim-Almásy Castle in Gyula, the Wenckheim Castle in Szabadkígyós became a place of arrival for both the family who built it and the architectural firm that managed the reconstruction. For Krisztina and Frigyes […]
Our Past Glory
Reconstruction of Tisza Castle, Geszt Architects: András Katona, András Zakariás, Tamás Zakariás Text: Eszter Götz, Domonkos Wettstein Photos: Balázs Danyi It took nine years of comprehensive development within the framework of the National Castle Programme to open the Tisza Castle in Geszt, the ancient home of the Tisza family, in the summer of 2024, after […]