The Extension of the German School Budapest Architect: Lajos Hartvig Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In line with a cooperation agreement between the states of Germany and Hungary, the German School Budapest started its activities in 1990. Its extension was necessitatd by the demand to have enough rooms for the four-grade primary school extended […]

The New Hegyvidék Art Gallery, Budapest Architects: Zoltán Kalászi, Márton Pintér Text: Szilvia Molnár Photos: Balázs Máté Founded by the local government of District XII, Budapest, Hegyvidék Art Gallery started its activities in 1998 at No. 16 Városmajor Street. In 2014 it was obvious that it is going to move from its home which was […]

Chapel in Hegyközszentimre Architect: Péter Wagner Text: István Szövényi Photos: Péter Wagner The chapel was built in a picturesque environment on the edge of the cemetery in the village of Hegyközszentimre. This is the site where Prince Imre the only son of the first Hungarian King, St Stephen died after receiving fatal wounds in an […]

The Reconstruction of the Synagogue in Subotica Architects: Marcell Komor, Dezső Jakab (1902), Gordana Prčić Vujnović (2018) Text and photos: Rudolf Klein After decades of patchwork renovations, the synagogue in Subotica was gorgeously renovated in international co-operation in the past few decades. The World Monument Fund gave both moral and financial support to catalyse the […]

Katyń Museum, Warsaw Architects: Jan Belina-Brzozowsk, Konrad Grabowiecki, Jerzy Kalina, Krzysztof Lang Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Juliusz Sokolowski Katyn Museum is there to commemorate a painful episode of Polish history which took place during the World War II when over a twenty thousands of Polish military officers and state officials were brutally murdered by the […]

The Reconstruction of the City Hall in Buda, Budapest Architect: Levente Szabó Text: Tamás Dévényi Photos: Balázs Danyi After architectural changes launched in the past few years, the Castle District of Buda started the reconstruction of the old City Hall which is a genuine curiosity: it has preserved its conditions in the wake of the […]

The facelifting of the Synagogue in Szeged Architects: Péter Wagner, Tamás Kőnig Text: György Szegő Photos: Balázs Danyi There was no Crystal Night in Hungary, which means that more than 40 synagogues and ceremonial buildings designed and built by Lipót Baumhorn (1860–1932) could survive in Central Europe. The synagogues built in his age which was […]

Zoo Visitors’ Centre and Hotel Pangea, Nyíregyháza Architect: Attila Gáva Text: Rita Tuczai Photos: György Palkó Selected as the best of its kind in Europe in 2018, the Zoological Gardens of Nyíregyháza has a new visitors’ centre which is also the symbolic gate of Sóstógyógyfürdő, a district of the city, which in turn is rated […]

Láng Machinery Plant Culture Centre – Third Generation Architects: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus, Bence László Dobos, Ágnes Tőrös (2018), György Tokár (1970) Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Based in Angyalföld, a traditional industrial district of Budapest, the machinery plant of the Láng family (founded in 1868) had its first culture centre in 1930. It […]

Váci Greens Building „D”, Budapest Architects: István Lukács, András Vikár, Árpád Gál Text: Bence Török-Szabolcs Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Developed by Atenor Group, the fourth building of Váci Greens has been completed. Although this large-scale development located in the section of Váci Road beyond Rákos spring is still incomplete as two northern structures are to be […]

White House Office Block, Budapest Architect: Zoltán Tima Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky There is no doubt that the section of Váci Street in District 13 is one of the most dynamically evolving parts of Budapest today. Actually, it is almost impossible to recall the highly heterogenuous former image of this thoroughfare. Defined by […]

Town Hall, Törökbálint Architects: Ferenc Keller, Barnabás Láris, Dávid Szabó Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: József Hajdú The local government of Törökbálint has been planning for decades now to provide services to its population from a single modern venue with a more cost-efficient system instead of scattered and outdated buildings that house its institutions. The suburb […]