The New Market in Budakeszi Architects: Gábor Bártfai Szabó, Zoltán Horváth Text: Levente Móré Photos: Benedek Bognár A sense of humour, direct bonding with nature, as well as the presence of mature modernism all contribute to create exciting impressions, when we are making a tour of the new market in Budakeszi designed by Gábor Bártfai-Szabó, […]

a&o Hostel, Budapest Architect: László Mikó Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Zsolt Hlinka Located in a dense urban fabric, on the corner of two streets named Dob Street and Csengery Street, in a new building the first Budapest-based unit of a&o Hotels has been opened. The location of the structure is a favourable one from various […]

Áurea Ana Palace Hotel, Budapest Architect: Ádám Sylvester Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Two buildings built in the 19th century in Budapest have woken up from their Cinderella dreams and are reborn in their original glory now. It is true that this is the end of a long and laboursome process with the result […]

Lónyay-Hatvani Mansion, Budapest Architect: Péter Bordás Text: Gábor Nagy Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In 1872, Count Menyhért Lónyai has this mansion built as his family home after designs by Miklós Ybl on the Castle Hill in Buda. In 1915, Baron Lajos Hatvany, the world-famous art collector purchased the building which was entirely demolished in 1945 by […]

Procuratie Vecchie, Venice, Piazza San Marco Architect: David Chipperfield Text: György Szegő Photos: Hanna Szegő, Alessandra Chemollo Piazza San Marco is one of the most recognisable squares in the world and an extraordinary and explicit demonstration of ordered public space. The Procuratie Vecchie was developed along the entire north side of the square in the […]

The Reconstruction of the Opera House Architect: Gábor Zoboki Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Réthey-Prikkel The Opera House of Budapest was accepted with huge respect on its opening to the public in 1884. Built after designs by Miklós Ybl, it was an architectural bravado of architecture and is regarded as such even today. The original […]

PADME Science Centre, Budapest Architects: Júlia Losonczy, Miklós Oroszlány Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Balázs Danyi Castle Hill in Buda is undoubtedly a most significant site of the country also in the architectural sense. Walking on the streets of the middle-class district we see the medieval grid of plots openly revealing the evolution of the historical […]

Family Mansion, Sopron Architect: Bence Török-Szabolcs Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Zsolt Batár Located south of downtown Sopron is a contemporary design family mansion built in a characteristic hillside grown over with pine trees facing north. The landscape wedged between the city and the mountains we can see press-houses like cellars interspersing well-sized residential buildings being […]

Conversion of the Franciscan Convent and St Anthony’s Church in Pasarét, Budapest Architect: Gábor Sajtos Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The complex housing the Franciscan Convent and St Anthony’s Church in Pasarét was consecrated in 1934 and was perhaps the most modern church building in Budapest back in tose days. Its designer, Gyula Rimanóczy […]

The New Community Hall of Hungarian Saints’ Parish, Budapest Architects: Mihály Balázs, Dávid Török, Balázs Falvai, Márton Nagy Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Antal Bánhegyesy Located in the campus of ELTE in Lágymányos, the Hungarian Saints’ Church was extended by a new community hall, which was justified by the pure fact that the congregation attracts a […]

MAGtár Events Hall, Alsóbogát Architect: Miklós M. Miltényi Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Alsóbogát is a tiny village halfway between Kaposvár and Lake Balaton, and yet it has a history of a millennium and also has two castles. One of them, referred to as the Festetics-Inkey castle has an estate of significant size, a […]

Telki Sports Hall Architect: Barnabás Láris Text: Gergő Burián Photos: Bálint Jaksa The evolution of the sports hall in Telki is a unique story: as a prelude to the existing house, a vault-shaped hangar-like metal sports hall was built by the town. The shell-structure hall was not a design welcome by the locals, and were […]