The Campus of the WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) in the Prater Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects, BUSarchitektur, Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Peter Cook-CRABstudio, NO_MAD/Eduardo Arroyo, Estudio Carme Pinós, BOA büro Text: György Szegő Photos: Hanna Szegő Urban development in Vienna in the past 20 years has built a network of underground lines all over […]
Remember the Living Ones
The Chapel of Rebirth, Devecser, 2012 Architect: Makovecz Imre† Text: Sulyok Miklós Photos: Dénes György With the blessings of Providence, it was daylight when the red sludge disaster struck Kolontár, Devecser and Somlóvásárhely in 2010 as sleeping people would have been totally unable to defend themselves against the industrial waste flooding the villages. Even so, […]
Memorial Park, Devecser
Annual Award for Landscape Architects 2014, the special award of the jury’s chairman Text, design and photos: Mária Drobni, István Morvay On October 4th, 2010, the day after the local elections the dam of the reservoir for red sludge belonging to the alumina plants in Ajka broke and the highly toxic industrial waste flooded the […]
With Head Up
BKK Metro4 Depot Kelenföld Architects: Tamás Pintér, Miklós Dombi, Tamás Kéner, Péter Kovács, Zsuzsanna Lefkánics Text: Krisztina Somogyi Photos: Tibor Zsitva An elegant tower appeared in Kelenföld – which passers-by would probably rate as a first-class office block –, where the neighbourhood of the railway station suggests a dynamically developing zone. Stepping out from underground […]
From Imre Bukta to Ulcisia Castra
The Reconstruction Project of the New Home to Ferenczy Museum Szentendre Architects: Imre Szuromi, Barnabás Kocsis Text: Miklós Sulyok Photos: Zsitva Tibor Pajor Mansion housing Ferenczy Museum in Szentendre embodies history in itself. Built in the first half of the 19th century by Gáspár Pajor medical doctor and county judge it came to function as […]
Permeations in Space and Time
Eiffel Palace, Budapest Architects: András Gelesz, Ágnes G. Lenzsér, Eszter Holló, Gergely Schöff, Kornél Baliga Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Eiffel Palace is an exceptional example of the investor’s attitude prioritizing the preservation of the city’s values besides the interests of clients. The reconstruction of the building has been realized as a project reflecting […]
Centre of Knowledge in the Forest
Science Palace, Debrecen Architects: Péter Kovács, István Lengyel Text: Zoltán Győrffy Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In Debrecen architects Péter Kovács and István Lengyel were commissioned to design a building on the site of the botanical gardens associated with the university campus which facilitates an interactive way of promoting nature sciences whilst helping schoolchildren to orientate with […]
The Valley of the Sun
The Reconstruction of Kopácsy Mill in Veszprém Architects: Zsolt György Kovács, Beránková Jana, Dávid Kovács, Gábor Gaschler Text: János Géczi Photos: Dávid Kovács The fact that Veszprém featured Mediterranean characteristics which are well worth attention and tuning to has recently been discovered by architects. Winding in an S shape along Séd stream heading for the […]
Life Spiral
Health Centre, Budakalász Architects: Zoltán Horváth Text: Marianna Berényi Photos: György Dénes The Health Centre in Budakalász not only houses new surgeries but also features communal areas where people as well as material and transcendency meet in a spectacular way. When the local government of the town commissioned Zoltán Horváth to design a new surgery […]
War and Peace – Bunker 599
Dutch Design Award 2011 Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award 2013 Design: Ronald Rietveld/RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon Text: György Szegő Photos: RAAAF The project of RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon turned a redundant Second World War bunker in the Netherlands into a sculptural visitor attraction by slicing it down the middle to reveal its insides. […]
Mongol National Archeological Museum
International Architectural Design Contest 1st Prize Concept: Barna Kovács D., Krisztina Barna Fellow designers: Zsuzsa Lukács, Bulgan Altangerel, Ochir Tuvshinbayar At the beginning of 2014 a team of young architects won the first prize of the design contest of the new archeological museum of Mongolia. Meant to be a multi-functional complex, it is also to […]
The Signs of Present
Tuning Fork Villa in Veszprém Architects: Anthony Gall, Gabriella Albóciné Ábrahám Text: Vilmos Katona Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The centre of Veszprém has been an exciting location for the management of the town since the 1960s. Even the younger generation of architects feels some guilt because of the partial demolition of the inner city which was […]