New marketplace, Üllő Architect: Gábor Rombauer Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Zsolt Hlinka The installation of the new market in Üllő surrounds the block of the town hall in an L-shape, creating a number of unique, characteristic situations. The primary entry opens from the direction of the town hall, the two opening pavilions form a gate. […]

Silk Factory Cultural District, Mohács Architect: Gyula Dombai Text: Dániel Rabb Photos: Lajos Kalmár During the rehabilitation of the brownfield area of the former silk factory in Mohács, an industrial monument complex was saved from demolishing. The original designer of the building was the royal engineer Ferenc Kalin, who in 1905 designed several other similar […]

Sports hall, Veresegyház Architect: László Zsigmond Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Zsolt Hlinka Veresegyház has become one of the most dynamically developing settlements in Hungary, mainly due to its forward-thinking and consistent city management. It is no coincidence that, over the last twenty years, it has tripled its population and, as it has kept pace, increased […]

New beaches in Budapest Text: Eszter Götz Photos: László Beliczay The key to Budapest’s unique location is the river Danube, which bisects the city. It is rare in Europe to have a capital that boasts such a long riverbank, and it has not even been concreted through the early 21st century. The centuries-long bathing life […]

Lookout Tower at Naplás Lake Architect: Robert Gutowski Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The lake along Naplás Road, or the Szilas Creek reservoir, was created in 1978 by damming the stream in a marshy valley. The engineering intervention also saved the rich wildlife of the area, and from 1997 the forest-strudel environment was declared […]

Benedict Hotel, Kőszeg Architect: Robert Gutowski Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The unique atmosphere of downtown Kőszeg in Vas county is a result of its rich historic past and precious man-made heritage including numerous protected buildings. Recently, several houses have been renewed in its centre as a result of a cooperation with Robert Gutowski […]

Monarchy Barracks Converted into BCE Campus, Székesfehérvár Architects: Emese Kalo, Eszter Szabó, József Pásztor Text: Zorán Vukoszávlyev PhD Photos: Balázs Danyi Right next to the most densely populated district of Székesfehérvár, there are the buildings of the former barracks set in a military order. From the direction of the main road, building „A” has been […]

Reconstruction and Extension Project, Szolnok Artists’ Colony Architects: Árpád Álmosdi, Mónika Csendes Text: Nóra Ostoróczky Photos: Ártér Architects The Artists’ Colony in Szolnok is undergoing extensive changes affecting daily life, which means that two existing strudio houses have been reconstructed and the complex with a unique atmosphere is also being extended by adding new parts. […]

Freemasons’ s House, Oradea (RO) Architect: Ildikó Mitru Text: Noémi Lujza Fried As a result of a project of several years, the building housing the former King Ladislav Freemasons’ Lodge was renewed to contain a museum of freemasonry. The new centre of the King Ladislav Freemasons’ Lodge was completed in 1902 after designs by architects […]

Exhibition Space, Tar Architect: Gábor Sisák Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: Zsolt Hlinka This exhibition space was created by using the ruins of a 5000-year-old mansion to survey the medieval local legend. Located among the hills, the former mansion was destroyed in the mid-1500s and the site was surveyed by archaeologists in the 1980s. The only […]

Urbán House, Etyek Architects: Imre Bődi, Zsolt Frikker Text: Levente Szabó Photos: Zsolt Frikker   Located on Etyek-Öreghegy, Urbán house has a simple function: a service building for the events which are organised by Etyeki Kúria in the temporarily used tent next to it or on the site. The building has been reborn by utilizing […]

Mansion on Svábhegy Architects: László Földes, Dániel Laczó Text: Anna Zöldi Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Designed by László Földes and Dániel Laczó, this mansion is located along a relatively busy road, Originally built for several cohabiting generations, it is only the ground floor which is being used now, and the future of the other storeys is […]