A Sports Hall on St Martin’s Hill Architect: Róbert Gutowski Text: Dominika Vámos Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The new sports hall of the Benedictine monastic community was opened in autumn 2014. Originally built in 1942, the secondary grammar school has acquired its present-day design as an organic continuation of the old complex of the abbey. In […]
Higher and Higher All the Time
Look-Out on Pilis-tető Architect: József Koller Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: József Hajdú The path leading to the highest point of the Pilis Hills has long been avoided by those who love hiking in the forests even if tourist maps of the region published meanwhile included it nonstop. As late as the mid-1990s there had been […]
Towards the Future
Primary School and Music School, Szigetszentmiklós Architect: Barnabás Winkler Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Zsolt Batár Situated in the agglomeration of the capital, Szigetszentmiklós is the most rapidly developing town neighbouring Budapest. On the outskirts of the town a kindergarten and a sports hall was built in 2012, whilst in autumn 2014 children could take possession […]
Tradition and Zeitgeist
A Detached Family House in Szentendre Architect: Péter Borbás Text: Krisztián Dudics Photos: László Beliczay Sitting on the slope of Szamárhegy on a narrow strip of land wedged between two zigzagging streets, there had been a small dilapidated house when Péter Borbás and his family bought the lot to build their own home. Szentendre and […]
In the Urban Fabric
The New Parish Church of Zoltán Meszlényi the Blessed Architect: Róbert Jahoda Text: Tamás Meggyesi Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky One could hardly take on the task to assess and interpret the new Catholic church of the Lágymányos district in Kelenföld without referring to the contemporary conditions of sacred architecture as such and thus entering into the […]
Sacred Design
The New Image of the Mortuary in Vác Designer: Zsombor Kiss Text: Szabolcs Bence Török Photos: László Beliczay The mortuary in a district of Vác named Alsóváros had been in need of both exterior and interior reconstruction for years. Launched last year, the project actually started with the re-designing of the interiors, leaving us only […]
Piercing Light
Sancaklar Mosque, Istanbul Architect: Emre Arolat Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Cemal Emden, Thomas Mayer Modernism in Turkey had for a long time been synonymous with national Historicism adapted to the utilization of reinforced concrete. It is quite recently that architects have been given the chance to rediscover local and traditional building materials to resolve the […]
The Archeology of Basalt and Wine
Gilvesy Winery, Hegymagas Architect: Gábor Sajtos Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Standing on St George’s Hill in the wine region north of Lake Balaton, the original structure was built to function as a winepress and winegrower’s house in the early 19th century as part of the Esterházy estate. Grapes and wine were processed here, […]
The Palace of Fashion
Il Bacio di Stile, Budapest Architect: Csaba Nagy Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky, Tamás Opitz The investor was now looking for an actually existing building for his vision of a multibrand luxury department store. Of many other real estates that have been standing unoccupied for a long time this Neo-Renaissance and Eclectic-style tenement house […]
Game and Fish, and Other Delicacies…
Adventure Space and Playhouse in the Park of the Castle in Hatvan Architects: Irén Járomi, Gyula Kiss Text: András Bán Photos: Tibor Zsitva Gyula Kiss and Irén Járomi were commissioned to redesign the auxiliary buildings built in the Kádár era in the garden of the Baroque-style castle in Hatvan apropos of a museum investment. They […]
Emblematic Renewal
Extension and Reconstruction of Rudas Baths Architect: Péter Vékony Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Referring to Budapest as a city of baths is a call-word not only for visitors but also for natives, especially as it is also rich in outdoor beaches, lidos and sports swimming pools besides the traditional medicinal baths and spas. […]
Everything Together
St. István’s Chapel, Badacsonytomaj Architect: Tibor Jankovics Text: András Krizsán Photos: Tibor Zsitva The chapel in Badacsonytomaj designed by Tibor Jankovics reflects a search for the interplay between human beings and the sacred. The venue, the Balaton Region north of the lake features seas of stones everywhere, spreading as far as the horizon. Thousands of […]