Stadium-Feeling Enclosed in a Capsule

MTK Stadium, Budapest Architect: Péter Bordás Text: Dávid Bán Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky, György Palkó  Fans and supporters have got to know a new form recently which is the football-capsule. The prototype of this edifice, which seems to be a stadium”, but is smaller than an area, and yet provides the same experience, was designed by […]

Simply and Elegantly

Local Government and Customer Centre, Budapest, Kőbánya Architects: István Lukács, András Vikár, Árpád Gál  Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky  When designing the customer centre in Állomás Street, Kőbánya, a former residential building had to be remodelled whilst merging it with a corner structure. Much in the same way as the Gordian knot was cut, […]

Staying in the Village Scale

Day Nursery, Nagykovácsi Architect: László Földes  Text: Ágnes Bechtold  Photos: Levente Sirokai  Nagykovácsi is a cul-de-sac village on the margins of Budapest. It is located in a beautiful, protected, peaceful natural neighbourhood. Its unique property is that many of its inhabitants are families with young children (25 % of its population are children) and communal […]

Architecture in a Borderline Situation

ArtKazal, Mórahalom Architects: Csilla Nagy, Zoltán Tóth  Text: Anett Mizsei  Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky  The playfulness of designers and the experimental attitude of architects resulted in this apartman house with a hatched roof modelled on the analogy of a rectangular straw stack on the margins of Mórahalom. It impresses us as if it was not designers […]

The Chocolate Odour of a Sugar Store

Cyclists’ Tourism Centre and Local History Museum, Szerencs Architect: Miklós Salamin Text: Ivett Madár Photos: György Dénes The Sugar Factory in Szerencs was founded in 1889. During its 120 but one years of existence the town also underwent radical changes and development. The chocolate factory was launched in 1923 but developed only after the arrival […]

Past salvaged into the future

Reconstruction Project of Degenfeld-Schonburg Castle, Téglás Architect: Miklós Heppes Text: Gábor Nagy Photos: Tibor Zsitva Respectable in its dimensions and scales, the single-storey Revivalist Classicist style castle was built in 1835 for Imre Degenfeld-Schonburg and his wife. The lateral structures surround an elevated grand court above the terrain which makes the appearance of the building […]

Perspectives of Faith

The Development of the Surroundings of the Pilgrims’ Church, Máriapócs Architects: Ferenc Salamin, Pál Salamin Text: Bálint Botzheim  Photos: György Dénes, Bálint Botzheim  The situation after getting rid of the Turkish rule made it possible to create the iconostasis presenting God’s Mother, the Virgin Mary in a tiny village in the Nyírség region which was […]

I’ll be a Pilot

Reptár – the museum of military aircrafts, Szolnok Architects: Béla Keresztes, Róbert Sós  Text: Miklós Okrutay  Photos: Áron Lality  It was a practical and self-evident opportunity for the city of Szolnok to found a museum of military aircrafts which is a worthwhile collection to European standards. The military airport still in operation today – at […]

Renewed memory

National Museum’s Dialogue Centre, Szczecin Architect: Robert Konieczny Text: Edit Pálinkás  Photos: Jakub Certowicz, Juliusz Sokołowski, Jarosław Syrek For years, the Solidarności Square had been a square by name only – with vague borders, open frontages, burdensome busy street neighborhood and the absence of a defined function, despite the dominating one – to commemorate the […]

An Arc of Time

Reconstruction and Extension of Hild Mansion in Budakeszi Road Architect: László Kokas Text: Miklós Sulyok  Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky  József Hild, one of the most productive architects of Hungarian architectural history designed this mansion for his own family in 1844. As it was customary then, it was meant to be a holiday home, and it had […]

An organised association of teachers and students

Jakab Bleyer Elementary School, Budaörs Architects: Ágnes Tőrös, Károly Pólus, Csaba Nagy  Text: Zoltán Dragon  Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky  The building project of Jakab Bleyer German Minority Elementary School was licensed in 2014 in Budaörs commissioned by the local authority which also finances it. The new part of the school building was completed in April, 2016 […]

Acting Colours

National Tennis Centre, Budapest Architect: Géza Kendik  Text: Anna Zöldi  Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky  Colours applied in rich tones in architecture from the Art Nouveau style on were gradually pushed into the background and the passage of Art Deco also meant the end of bright palettes. Modernism as such exiled tones altogether, and only tolerated the […]