The Hungarian Pavilion of the Book Fair, 2017, Frankfurt Architects: Attila Róbert Csóka, Szabolcs Molnár, Dávid Smiló Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Balázs Danyi Hungary was represented at the 2017 Book Fair in a pavilion designed by Paradigma Ariadné architects’ studio commissioned by KKM Balassi Institute. The scheme had to meet some basic requirements: it has […]

Municipal Swimming Pool, Balatonfüred Architect: Tamás Varga Text: Sándor Pálfy Photos: Tamás Szentirmai, Tamás Fegyverneky  Appearing in the neighbourhood of slightly sloping vineyard hills, the covered complex of a swimming-pool and a hotel in Balatonfüred is a unique one owing to the natural organic way as it grows out of its environment. from its local […]

Péterfia Corner, Debrecen Architect: Péter Bordás Text: Szabolcs Bence Török Photos: György Palkó Péterfia Street, which leads on to the Great Forest in Debrecen, may be described as the follow-up of Piac Street, which in turn also contains the main square of the city. Formerly functioning as the headquarters of trade unions, the building standing […]

Railway Station Reconstruction, Kaposvár Architects: András Markó , Tamás Németh Text: Dávid Bán Photos: Tamás Török / Topogram Considering requirements of historic buildings, and using some delicate contemporary solutions, András Markó and Tamás Németh designed the reconstruction of the railway station in Kaposvár originally built by Ferenc Pfaff. The town which is the centre of […]

Rabbi House, Mád Architect: Zsolt Szécsi Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Tokaj-Hegyalja is a region hiding cultural treasures of several centuries. Villages in this area have images closely intertwined with traditional viticulture and winemaking. This culture evolving from these landscape features and facilities has defined the everyday lives, arts and the character of the […]

Portus Home Guesthouse, Dörgicse Architect: Barna Kovács D. Text: Tímea Papp Photos: Tamás Bata Portus Home Guesthouse was completed at the beginning of summer in Kisdörgicse, which is probably the tiniest village of the region north of Lake Balaton. Its owners started this project with the intention to create a place for recreation where visitors […]

The Reconstruction of the Railway Station, Keszthely Architect: Szilvia Flachner Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Szilvia Flachner The building of the railway station in Keszthely is typical of the early 1960s representing everything that could have happened to a structure with such a past. From beneath the layers continuously settling on it, it hardly gets exposed […]

Tram Garage, Budafok Architect: Ákos Takács Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Áron Lality Between 1899 and 1911 the industrial complex originally built for the Suburban Electric Railway of Budapest-Budafok was completely demolished with the exception of two blocks. The structure of the surviving tram garage in Budafok has further deteriorated during random extensions throughout the decades […]

Artists’ Houses, Sørvær, Norway Architect: Sami Rintala Text and photos: Anett Mizsei Near the Arctic Circle, the northernmost line of the Norwegian railway network also comes to an end. The last station is a town called Bodø,from where one can travel only by plane or ship. This is where Sami Rintala, a Finnish-born architect settled […]

The Reconstruction of the Community House of Hungarian Calvinists in Košice, Slovakia Architect: János Krcho Text: Péter Pásztor Photos: János Krcho On the site next to the parsonage of the Calvinist church, but closer to the Calvinist church than the parish itself, there is a residential building of medieval origins. The real estate is possessed […]

ELI-ALPS Research Centre, Szeged Architect: Géza Szőkedencsi Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky  Géza Szõkedencsi and the architects from Artonic have designed a quality house which focusses on the high technologies it contains. As a result of its spaces featuring artistic qualities and engineering achievements unforeseen and unprecedented in Hungary so far, the ELI-ALPS Research […]

The new office building of Graphisoft Park, Óbuda Architects: András Vikár, István Lukács  Text: Mária Tatai  Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Located in Óbuda, the information centre celebrating its 20th anniversary this year is an island of peace and tranquillity with its university, creative and work places. It is being extended non-stop, but luckily has managed to […]