Nursery, Zákány Architect: András Greg Text: Péter Zilahi Photos: András Greg Despite its small scale, this village in Somogy county runs both a school and a kindergarten. Its inhabitants look to the future with some palpable optimism; they believe in some kind of sustainable concept of development. The need to build a new nursery is […]

Kindergarten, Semily, Czech Republic Architect: Marek Topič Text: Eszter Götz Photos: BoysPlayNice The new Kindergarten in Semily (CZ) designed for 110 children combines a classic municipal kindergarten and a Waldorf kindergarten in a single building. The aim was to create a building with centralized facilities and a kitchen for two independent two-class kindergartens for children […]

Education Centre, Pellérd Architects: Tamás Getto, Tímea Schunk Text: Péter Zilahi Photos: The Greypixel In 2003, a competition was launched for the contemporary re-design of the town centre of Pellérd, in which Tamás Getto and his colleagues’ concept won. Their idea was to define a new main square along the main road on the southern […]

Krausz Palace, Budapest Architect: Péter Bordás Text: Gabriella Uhl Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky This grandiose building with its lavish design and decoration was built by Lajos Krausz in 1882. The first floor was then occupied by the Krausz family, whilst the other floors were rented apartments for the upper middle classes, and the ground floor housed […]

Bosch Budapest Innovation Campus Architect: Marina Annus Text: Péter Debreczeni Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Bosch Innovation Campus is a building complex that seeks to integrate harmoniously into its surroundings, and although it incorporates all the design principles of contemporary office architecture, from communal design to highly automated office spaces and energy-saving solutions, its main asset is […]

W Hotel (former Drechsler Palace), Budapest Architect: Béla Bánáti Text: György Szegő Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The office of Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos in 1883, right after the design of the Szeged Town Hall, received a commission from the MÁV Pension Institute to design the apartment building opposite the Opera. The building was inspired by […]

Foton, Veszprém Architects: Orsolya Nóbik, Attila Szilvási Text: János Géczi Photos: Csaba Toroczkai / VEB2023 EKF The baroque stable building at the south-western end of Veszprém Castle, at the junction of the inner space of the bastion under the Fire Tower, the office building of the House of Arts and the courtyard of the Csikász […]

Divinus House, Budapest Architects: Klára K. Artner (1972), Zoltán Durst (2022) Text and photos: Eszter Götz The heyday of rowing life on the Danube at Római riverbank, was fading in the early 1970s, but boathouses were still plentiful when the era of union holiday homes began to be built here. One of the most famous […]

The Grafit Studio’s Sample Designs Text and concept: Grafit Studio The designs for the Lechner Centre’s 2019 competition for the idea of a model design allow for the redesign of the well-known “cube house” type design into expandable detached family houses that meet today’s needs and trends. Grafit Studio architects designed variations for both rural […]

Press house in the Balaton Highlands Architects: Katalin Csillag, Zsolt Gunther Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: Balázs Danyi The material and immaterial components of architecture interact in the concept of Katalin Csillag and Zsolt Gunther’s press house designed to be built in the Balaton Highlands. The encounter of structures and light creates living rhythms that change […]

Transylvania, Harghita county Text and photos: István Szász The 2.9 hectare site was bought by the Szász family in 2002, when it was just a small wooden house and its barn. The house was surrounded by fruit trees, a potato field along the creek, and a few pine and birch trees dotted the pasture on […]

Family House Garden, Budaörs Garden of the Year 2022 Landscape architecture: Balázs Almási, Roland Szurovecz Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Balázs Almási, Eszter Miller, Roland Szurovecz The garden of a detached family house built on a steep slope in the hillside of Budaörs has won the Garden of the Year 2022 award. Its designers, Balázs Almási […]