Time Box Pavilions, Călugăreni, Romania Architect: Gergely Sági Consultant: Zsolt Vasáros Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Gergely Sági, Zsolt Vasáros Between 2013 and 2015 the Department of Industrial and Agricultural Building Design (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) provided its students with an opportunity to take part in an international cooperative ERASMUS IP project in Transylvania. […]
Interplay between timelines
Cultural Palace, Blaj Architect: Vlad Sebastian Rusu Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Cosmin Dragomir The Cultural Palace was designed in the year 1930 by the Bucharest architect Victor Smigelschi. In the winter of 1995 a violent fire burnt down most of the building, severely damaging the roof and the interior space of the main hall. It […]
A Magic Box
Fairy Tale Kindergarten, Budapest, Angyalföld Architect: Csaba Nagy Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky When making calculations for the extensions required by the kindergarten in Angyalföld (a district of Budapest) a decision was made to have a new building built, most probably after a longish dispute. As a result, however, the principle of configuration which […]
Finding an Equilibrium
University Clinic Centre, Oncotherapy Institute, Pécs Architect: Tamás Varga Text: Zoltán Schrammel Photos: Antal Szentendrei The building housing the oncotherapy institute occupies its space in a characteristic way: one cannot miss it after taking the winding road up the hill in an environment so versatile architecture-wise. It was a bravado to make advantage of the […]
Respect for Traditions, Awareness and High-Standards
Reconstruction Project of Rákóczi-Aspremont Mansion in Mád Architect: Gábor Erhardt Text: Ágnes Kovács Photos: Károly Zsolt Nagy This prestigious building stands along the main street of Mád. It is an extension of a previous single-storey manor house built in the 16-17th century by Julianna Rákóczi and her husband, Count Aspremont Ferdinand Gobert as they wished […]
Odyssey in Paks
Modernization and Extension of the Town Museum Architects: Tamás Karácsony, András Boór, Orsolya Kern Text: Béla Kerékgyártó Photos: András Boór, Tibor Gerzsenyi, Gábor Kapolka, Tamás Karácsony Since the early 2000s, the design stage and implementation of the modernization and extension project of the Town Museum in Paks has been going on amongst changing conditions and […]
Civitas Invicta
Castle Museum, Visitors’ Reception Building, Szigetvár Architect: Péter Koch Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The new reception building is a characteristic work of the 21st century, separated from its environment as a floating spatial sculpture which does not even wish to adjust to the architectural eclecticism of styles of the castle itself. Actually, there […]
The First Step of a Ladder
Crematory, Nagytétény Architect: Péter Puskás Text: Szabolcs Bence Török Photos: József Hajdú Located remotely from residential areas, and yet on a site conveniently accessible, this zone is wedged between an industrial park typically occupied by chemical plants and M6 highway. Healthwise and concerning the well-being of local residents, it is an ideal choice, which, however, […]
Cherry-tree Orchard Revisited
Eco-Tourism Visitors’ Centre, Nagykörű Architects: Henrik Hőnich†, Ádám Paládi-Kovács Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tibor Zsitva The architectural contest in 2009 was targeted at the building to host and serve a variety of tourist paths starting from the village in the Tisza region. The programme was unambiguous and rational: the visitors centre had to have a […]
Builders of Belief
Wood Pellets Dry-Room, Monor Architects: Katalin Fazekas, Péter Fejérdy, Balázs Kemes, Miklós Oroszlány Text: Bálint Marosi Photos: Zsófia Boczán, Albert Máté – KépKocka, Balázs Kemes Based in Monor, the wood pellets dry-room is an auxiliary building of a few square metres erected on the outskirts of the town. The Maltese charity organisation has been dealing […]
The Bow of a Thrown Ball
Gammel School extension, Hellerup, Denmark Architect: BIG Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Iwan Baan, Jens Lindhe Danish architecture studio BIG has completed a sunken sports hall where an arching wooden roof doubles up as a hilly courtyard. The new multi-purpose hall will primarily be for the pupils’ physical education and social development. The hall is placed […]
Openings Almost Bizarre
Residential House, Debrecen Architect: Péter Kovács Text: Attila Kőszeghy Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The architect and his client realized a gesture opening both the exterior and the interior, which is original regarding its scale and nature, by almost ultimately simple surfaces and masses matched high standards when planning and constructing this residential building in Debrecen. Architect […]