National Széchényi Library Archive Repository, Piliscsaba Architect: Attila Turi Text: Eszter Dénes Photos: György Dénes Every industrial building has its own formal rationalism, but strict technology does not preclude a valuable, unique appearance. In our age, when industrial buildings tend to be shabby and degrade into tin-can factories that emphasise temporariness, Attila Turi sees and […]

Reconstruction and Extension of Normafa Ski House, Budapest Architect: Levente Szabó Text: László Vincze Photos: Balázs Danyi Normafa is considered by many to be the very birthplace of the Hungarian skiing scene. The first significant ski slope in Hungary was opened here in 1919, so some 105 years have passed since then. In May 2013, […]

Dorothea Hotel, Budapest Architecture: TSPC Interiors: Lissoni & Partners Text: György Szegő Photos: Dorothea Hotel / George Fakaros Vision Required The block next to Vörösmarty Square in Budapest, which has now grown together as the Dorothea Hotel, bears traces of very different architectural and cultural eras. It combines a historic environment with contemporary spaces to […]

Enlargement of Ancestral Church of Fraião, Braga, Portugal Architect: Nuno Ferreira Capa Text: Tamás Szentirmai Photos: Attilio Fiumarella The project’s decision for the Ancestral Church of Fraião traces a path between the subtraction and the aggregation of distinctive elements, whose formal symbiosis results in the significance, scale and work of materials in the building time. […]

Museum Quarter Renovation Project, Sopron Architect: Dávid Józsa Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Richárd Tóth After several years of planning and construction work, visitors to Sopron can finally take possession of the Museum Quarter on Main Square. All the buildings of the institution are in themselves testimonies to centuries of architectural heritage, with valuable architectural layers […]

The Renewal of St Michael’s Cathedral in Veszprém Architects: Tamás Czigány, Anikó Páll, Róbert Papp Szöveg: György Szegő Fotók: Balázs Danyi The major state-funded project covered 18 buildings in the castle district – including the main church – to be renovated by the Archdiocese of Veszprém between 2020 and 2025. The majority of the monuments […]

The New Lutheran Church in Piliscsaba Architect: András Krizsán Text: Levente Móré Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky It had been a long-standing dream of the congregation of the Béthel Evangelical Missionary Home to have a permanent church. The wooden church was built back in the 1960s, then as a temporary place of worship. Today the building is […]

Bakáts Square Church Renovation, Budapest Architect: Gábor Kruppa Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Zoltán Nemes The final renovation of the Bakáts Square Church in Budapest, consecrated in 1879 and designed by Miklós Ybl, was carried out in two stages between 2016 and 2022. What makes the renovation of the church special is its ownership (it is […]

The Dominican Sisters’ Monastery-Church Ensemble, Budakeszi Építészek: István Bartók, Péter Fejérdy, Zsófia Lázár Text: György Major Photos: Balázs Danyi In Budaörs, in the neighbourhood of the Baroque church and parish, next to the houses rising up the hill, stands the house of the Sisters’ of St. Dominic. At the mouth of the street that climbs […]

Reformed Student College, Pápa Architects: Tamás Máté, Áron Vass-Eysen Text: Péter Debreczeni Photos: Ákos Rajnai Pápa is a nationally renowned school town thanks to the Reformed College of Pápa, which has become a major intellectual centre of the city and the Transdanubian region over its almost 500-year history.The College was forced to move several times […]