16th International Architecture Biennale, Venice May 26th – November 25th 2018 Text: György Szegő Photos: Hanna Szegő, Norbert Hartyányi „Freespace”, which is this year’s slogan published by Yvonne Farell and Shelley McNamara Irish architects/curators, may be translated in more than one way, but its progressive contents has been on the air for more than a […]
From Another Perspective
Master of Light Award 2017 Text: Krisztina Somogyi In 2015, which was the Year of Light, professionals specialized in lighting technology made the decision to start a new award. Since then, the contest has been organized three times with great success. The initiative was realized by Lisys Project. Besides the main award with the title […]
Lisys-Project
Decorative Urban Lighting The name Lisys-Project has been a synonym of high-quality decorative urban lighting and the innovative way of thinking associated with it for a long time. Designing creative lighting adapted to the people living in the area, the innovative concepts realized with accuracy and professionalism in exterior and interior lighting is not work […]
Light Sphere – Live Image Company
Master of Light Award of Associated Arts Ceremony 2018 Concept and realization: Zsófia Bérczi Text: György Szegő Photos: Élőkép Színház The ceremony of Master of Light awards hosted a performance by Live Image Company. The spectacle-oriented production is difficult to define in terms of genres, as it is a performance blending poetic texts, composed of […]
Open Formation
National University of Public Service, Training Building, Budapest Architects: József Finta, Tamás János Szabó, Zoltán Kulcsár Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: György Palkó The new training building of the National University of Public Service has been inaugurated as part of a complex scheme of campus development. As the new buildings surround the park now like a […]
Parallel Stories
Reviving St Martin of Tours Parish Church Architects: Tamás Berecz, Attila Batári Text: Levente Szabó Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Architect István Szabó designed his well-known churches at the end of his career, during his retirement years, but he had become part of the Hungarian canon as a recognized character as an architect, furniture designer and artist […]
Perspective, Arch, Tale and Perspective
Clark Hotel, Budapest Architect: Anthony Gall Text: Krisztina Somogyi Photos: József Hajdú, Tamás Bujnovszky Opened to the public in March, Hotel Clark Budapest makes it difficult for us to imagine that for more than 70 years there had been firewalls on the site we have a view of from the rooms overlooking the Danube. The […]
One-Night Stand
Ibis Styles Budapest Airport Hotel, Ferihegy Architect: László Szerdahelyi Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky After waiting for it for a decade, the airport in Ferihegy at last was given a hotel. It was not built in the city, or but at the junction by Határ Road, but on the site, near the mass of […]
Leipzig Book Fair 2018
The Hungarian Pavilion Concept and text: Hetedik Műterem Photos: Balázs Danyi In the exhibition space of the Leipzig Book Fair, spanning several thousand square meters, every spring the most recent Hungarian books translated to German are displayed in the national pavilion with and area of a few tens of square meters. Focusing on a specific […]
Set on Track
TVE Sports Centre, Óbuda Architect: János Plájer Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Zsolt Batár In 2017 the citizens of Óbuda came into possession of the new recreation centre of the Sports, Gymnastics and Fencing Association of District III. The comprehensive revival of the sports complex contains the educational swimming pool, running tracks and sports fields, as […]
Treasure from Bread
Reconstruction of a Historic Granary, Budajenő Architect: Balázs Csóka Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Zsófia Kedves A Baroque-style granary has been restored in Budajenő, the original timber structure of which dates back to the 1700s, featuring a roofing supported by wooden Doric columns, which has preserved its girder and roof in fine condition. During the reconstruction […]
Unity Made Complete
Lutheran Kindergarten, Győr Architect: Péter Ráskai Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The evangelical district of Győr called Insula Lutherana is a unique architectural complex with its insular embedding into the city fabric. The structure of this extraordinary development preserved till now has been revived in a few years in one stage, thanks to a […]