The Gym Hall of St Margaret Secondary Grammar School Architects: Zsolt Félix, Tamás Fialovszky, Bálint Gulyás, Gergely Kenéz Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Gergely Kenéz Students of the Buda-based St Margaret Secondary Grammar School have recently taken over their new gym hall along Villányi Road. The new building is almost invisible for passers-by in the street, […]
A Place for Healing
The Extension Project of the Buda Hospital of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John Architect: Zsolt István Kiss Text: Anna Zöldi Photos: József Hajdú, András Móri The first stage of the extension and modernization project of the Hospital of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John based in Buda has been completed. The new wing of […]
Landscape Projection, Geometric Forms
Kis-Balaton Visitors’ Centre, Fenékpuszta Architect: Zsolt Vasáros Text: Zorán Vukoszávlyev Photos: Bendegúz Takáts, Richárd Tóth The lake named Kis-Balaton is a wide marsh and moor zone of the river Zala, which formerly occupied a large area. Completed this summer, its Visitors’ Centre has architectural gestures that prove belongingness to the landscape. The structure is seated […]
Spare and Playful
Tenement House with 27 Units, Kőbánya Architects: Katalin Vonnák, Györgyi Csontos Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Viktor Rozmann A solid and yet playful residential building has now appeared amongst the old patinated and deteriorating buildings in the industrial zone of Kőbánya. With its four storeys and a length of 90 metres it could also function as […]
Puritan and Accommodating Practicality
The Administrative Building of the Franciscan Secondary Grammar School, Szentendre Architects: János Golda, Melinda Híves, Erzsébet Mészáros Text: András Hadik Photos: Tamás Szántó Preserved from the era of state socialism, the Franciscan Grammar-School in Szentendre was the single co-ed institution of the few Catholic schools in Hungary. In its first staff not only Franciscan teachers, […]
At the Crossroads of Baroque and Contemporary Art
Humboldt Forum, Berlin Schloss Architect: Franco Stella Text: György Szegő Photos: SHF / Giuliani von Viese, Stefan Falk, David von Becker The Schloss boasts of a rich past of 600 years. The Renaissance-style castle was rebuilt as a Baroque one by Andreas Schlüter in 1698, and was completely destroyed in 1945. Its reconstruction today was […]
Cultural Mission
National Museum Restoration and Storage Centre, Budapest Architect: Zsolt Vasáros Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Balázs Danyi The Budapest-based National Museum Restoration and Storage Centre has been officially inaugurated. The complex is located right next to the City Park on the site of the former hospital, and has been built within the framework of a brown […]
The Weight of Beauty
The Reconstruction and Extension of Károlyi-Csekonics Palace, Budapest Architects: Csaba Molnár DLA, Péter Bach DLA, Dénes Halmai, Rita Terbe DLA, Zsolt Bánhegyi Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Located in the Palace District, Károlyi-Csekonics Palace is one of the most expressive palaces of Budapest. Its history truly reflects events of the period starting from the […]
A Masterpiece by the Foreman
Memoirs concerning the Reconstruction of the Esterházy Castle in Tata Architects: Csaba Molnár, Viktor Szentkuti, Dénes Halmai Text: Zorán Vukoszávlyev Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The National Project of Castles and Castle Events embrace the renewal of 33 historic buildings – 18 castles and 15 forts to be restored to their original glory, and enriched by new […]
Contemporary Timber Architecture
Mesevár Kindergarten, Monor Architect: István Murka Text: Szilvia Molnár Photos: József Hajdú Base in Monor, the kindergarten named Mesevár is located on the imaginary borderline between a street of detached family houses and the main street lined with services. The basic concept was to create a single-storey public building which the environment can tolerate quite […]
The Governor’s Elegance Reloaded
The Restoration Project of the Railway Station Building in Kenderes Architect: Ferenc Pálinkás Text: Péter Garai Photos: Zsolt Hlinka Although it was rendered as superfluous for the operations of the railway here, yet another railway station building has survived the threat of deterioration: it is the formerly almost unknown Kenderes now joins the „company” of […]
It is Easier Together
Loffice, Budapest Architect: Ádám Paládi Kovács Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The concept of co-working space, which is a communal office, still rates as an innovative solution in the office market. There is a demand for a large number of them, and yet only a few exist as of today. What is an ultimately […]