Agora, Szolnok, The Extension of Aba-Novák Culture Centre Architects: László Deák, Árpád Álmosdi, Monika Csendes Text: Csaba Masznyik Photos: Donát Álmosdi, Árpád Álmosdi The end of summer saw the opening of Agóra in Szolnok which is the result of the extension of the municipal culture centre. Finished in 1979, Aba Novák Culture Centre still reflected […]
From a New Viewpoint
Europe, Hungary, Budapest, Kossuth Square Architect: Zoltán Tima Text: Gábor Turányi Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Newly born Kossuth Square, including all its constituents, is actually a big step made by Budapest to virtually occupy the center of gravity of the Budapest–Rome–Barcelona geographical triangle. Not only regarding tourism, but also in the spiritual sense. Budapest–Stockholm 1,300 km, […]
Glass Cupola to Crown the Parliament in Vienna
Before a Complete Renovation: A 130 Year Old Building Along the 150 Year Old Ring Concept: Jabornegg & Palffy Architekten Text: György Szegő Visuals: Zoom Visual Project This January the most sustainable plan for the renovation of the Viennese Parliament was chosen from ten versions relying upon the Bundesimmobilien Gesellschaft. The former budget by Theophil […]
Direction to the Protective Zone
Madách Square, Budapest Architects: Platiniumgroup Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky After the non-public design tender for students published by the local government of District VII, Budapest in 2012 which invited schemes for Madách Square a new solution replaced formally awarded ideas. Features and facilities of the site include Örkény Theatre as well as the […]
From Forms to Materials and Back
Archbishop Vineyards, Almagyar – Wine Terrace and Vine Spa, Eger Architects: Péter Gereben, Balázs Marián Text: Levente Szabó Photos: Zsolt Frikker The annual architectural survey of Hungarian winery at the turn of the millennium and in the 2000s gave us the impression that every possible aspect and architectural concept has already been applied and tried […]
In Memory of the Master
Day Nursery, Csillaghegy Architect: Ágnes Kravár Text: Miklós Sulyok Photos: Tibor Zsitva „Variations of a Motif by Makovecz”, might as well have been a fitting title for my short article, as the new day nursery in Csillaghegy is a modified version of the one in Búza Street, Makó designed by Imre Makovecz regarding both its […]
Dilemmas of the View
The „Mushroom” and Beyond Architects: Levente Szabó, Zsolt Gyüre Text: Krisztina Somogyi Photos: Tamás Szentirmai The structure referred to as the Gomba („Mushroom”) has been a protected monument since 1997. Its conditions preceding the facelift project illustrates that the building hardly survived until the turn of the millennium. Several architects and city planners gave up […]
Walkable Textures
The Facelifting of the Promenade in Veszprém Architect: Zsolt György Kovács, Jana Beránková, Dávid Kovács, Márton Becker, Péter Lukács Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Dávid Kovács The rehabilitation project of public areas in the inner city of Veszprém is inseparable from the transformation trends starting in the 1970s. Designers had to face a heritage of modernism: […]
Living in an Amphitheatre
Felvinci Mansion Park, Budapest Architect: Csaba Virág Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tibor Zsitva Rózsadomb (“Rose Hill”), which had once been a vineyard, was developed in the 1920s and 30s as the wealthy middle-class families had their mansions built here. Besides these villas, prism-form condos featuring 6-9 apartments with terraces dominate the slopes of the hill […]
Unnoticed Imprints
A Detached House in Budafok Architect: Szabolcs Szentmáry Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Szentirmai, Szabolcs Szentmáry Having a dialogue with the past is a difficult task in a context like the garden suburb of Budafok where intense traditions of viticulture are not manifested architecturally in any form. However, the „genius loci” is sensibly present, and […]
A Site of Healing Faculties
Medical Centre – Kecskemét County Hospital Architect: Miklós Marosi Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Balázs Danyi The first building to house a hospital on the site which was created in 1980 along Nyíri Road was designed by Miklós Marosi, a young architect then. Since then an ambulance station, financial management, store house and garages, the new […]
Between White Walls
Oncoradiology Centre, Debrecen Architect: Péter Kovács Text: András Bán Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Both the city and university of Debrecen appreciate local talents, thus it was not the first commission that Péter Kovács received in the campus project. When designing the Oncoradiology Centre he had to consider the former character of the campus of the Medical […]