Ferry station, Szentendre Architects: Antal Puhl, Péter Dajka Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: József Hajdú Based on photos made of the former ferry station in Szentendre one can see that this ferro-concrete Sleeping Beauty was sleeping for quite a long time and badly deteriorated meanwhile. Designed and built back in the 1970s the building was in […]
A Milestone Brightening Up
Nordic Light Office Block, Budapest Architects: Gergely Paulinyi, András Reith Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The concept of Nordic Light office block is based on motion and live experience, as a deliberate choice made by designers. Architects from Mérték Stúdió made use of parametric design methods to create the gentle irregular arches of the […]
The Principles of Space
Science Museum, Winton Gallery, London Architect: Zaha Hadid Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Luke Hayes The Winton Gallery is the first permanent public museum exhibition designed by Zaha Hadid Architects anywhere in the world. The gallery is also the first of Zaha Hadid Architects’ projects to open in the UK since Dame Zaha Hadid’s sudden death […]
A Friendly Dwelling Machine
Energy-conscious detached house, Pécs Architect: ifj. Istvan Kistelegdi Text and photos: Bálint Botzheim The energy-conscious detached house was born as the conversion of a cubic prefab block of flats built back in the 1970s as a series of terraced houses which were then more or less updated or converted. Its forms and configuration takes advantage […]
By Time it will Shine
The reconstruction of the minor castle in Fertőd Architects: Viktor Szentkuti, Dénes Halmai, Csaba Molnár Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Zsolt Batár Since the early 2000s – first via scientific research work, then designing and from 2009 on via the various stages of implementation and construction – the renewal project of the complex Esterházy castle in […]
Old Home, New functions
Plečnik House, Ljubljana – Piranesi Award 2016 Architects: Maruša Zorec, Maša Živec, Matjaž Bolčin Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Tadej Bolta The Plečnik House, the home of architect Jože Plečnik located in the leafy Trnovo borough, reopened in September 2015 after two years of renovation. The renovation of the House Plečnik is a small but complex […]
Everything is all right
Piarist Kindergarten in Nagykanizsa Architects: Balázs Falvai, Márton Nagy , Balázs Tatár, Dávid Török Text: Ferenc Cságoly Photos: Arion Gábor Kudász The Piarist school centre in Nagykanizsa has a history spanning over 250 years. In 1763 the landlord of the town, count Lajos Batthyány offered to sponsor it. It has been one of the most important educational […]
A Reflection of Identity
CEU Building Extension, Budapest Architects: Sheila O’Donnell, John Tuomey Text: Krisztián Dudics Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The Central European University has been present in the historic downtown district of Pest for 25 years now. First it moved in one building, then into several ones joining each other. The decision made about a couple of years ago […]
The site of Ancestors
Rudapithecus Exhibition, Felsőtelekes Architect: Zsolt Vasáros Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: János László, Klára Lovas, Zsolt Vasáros The first pieces of the remains of Rudi, the world famous primal ape were found in the mid-1960s in one of the abandoned fields of the iron ore mine still active then in Rudabánya, in north-east Hungary. The mine […]
Harmony
Concert Hall, Pannonhalma Architect: Robert Gutowski Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky As of May, 2016 the Abbey of Pannonhalma was enriched with a concert hall suited to house conferences, music programmes, minor theatre and movie performances, as well as school celebrations thanks to the architectural and acoustic features of this gap-filling development taking place […]
Live Castle – Füzér
Reconstruction of the Lower Castle and the Development of the Upper Castle Architects: György Skardelli, Bálint Kelemen (Lower Castle), György Radványi (Outdoor stairs), Mihály Rudolf, Katalin Molnár, Zoltán Lipták (Upper Castle) Interior architecture: Dr. Zsófia Lukács Curator: Gábor Várkonyi Text: György Szegő Photos: Tibor Zsitva, Andrea Fábián The reconstruction project of the castle in Füzér […]
Past to be Continued
Reconstruction of the Mediaeval Castle in Szászvár Architect: János Albert Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The memories of the mediaeval castle of Szászvár, a town situated in the north-eastern part of Baranya county, had been almost completely forgotten throughout the centuries following the longish eras of the Turkish in the history of Hungary. Its […]