Together with Nature

Moson-Danube Estuary, Vének-Gönyű Architecture: Attila Korompay – Térhálózat Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky In June 2022, the Moson-Danube Estuary Artifact complex was inaugurated as a monument of great architectural qualities and outstanding significance. It is a good example of how a building can form a compositional unit with its natural surroundings whilst reaching beyond […]

Gables Opening for Light

Market Hall, Nagyszentjános Architects: József ÉlÅ‘, László Román Text: Marcell Szuhanyik Photos: Attila Gulyás Nagyszentjános is a settlement of nearly 2,000 inhabitants located on the eastern border of GyÅ‘r-Moson-Sopron county. This small town has been growing in population over the last ten years, with obvious social needs emerging. The strength of the settlement is obviously […]

The Mobility of the Space as a Concept

Plato Contemporary, Ostrawa Architects: Robert Konieczny, MichaÅ‚ LisiÅ„ski, Dorota Skóra Text: György SzegÅ‘ Photos: Juliusz SokoÅ‚owski By saving a historic building and turning it into an art gallery, the architects introduced a solution that makes art more democratic – by rotating the walls in an unusual way, it goes outside the building. The concept transformed […]

Perspective Vision

Expansion of the Faculty of General Medicine, Pécs Architect: Mihály Kádár Text: Marcell Szuhanyik Photos: Zsolt Hlinka The vision for the expansion of the Faculty of General Medicine of the University of Pécs, which began with the construction of a new, modern wing, goes far beyond the boundaries of the complex itself. In fact, it […]

The Urban Healer

Specialist Clinic, Budakeszi Architects: Bártfai-Szabó Építészműhely Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Benedek Bognár CLT construction method is becoming more and more widespread in Hungary, with buildings being constructed using this modern technology. It is perhaps not an exaggeration to say that the Bártfai-Horváth office is leading the way, having designed a crèche, a hunting lodge and […]

In an Elegant Unity

Nógrád County St Lazarius Hospital New Oncology Centre, Salgótarján Architect: Attila Gáva Text: Zsolt István Kiss dr, Péter Varga Photos: Zsolt Hlinka Our hospital architectural culture has once again been enriched with a functionally well-conceived, elegantly shaped building that uses the potentials of its surroundings with architectural respect and awareness. The nine-storey building, which dominates […]

Dialogue

New Health Centre, Hajdúböszörmény Architect: Marcel Ferencz Text: Péter Kovács Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky A new medical centre has been built in Hajdúböszörmény, which evokes the town’s past and its structural characteristics in both its use of materials and architectural design applying contemporary means. The so-called two-belt structure, created for defence reasons in the past, was […]

Till the End of Time

National Széchényi Library Archive Repository, Piliscsaba Architect: Attila Turi Text: Eszter Dénes Photos: György Dénes Every industrial building has its own formal rationalism, but strict technology does not preclude a valuable, unique appearance. In our age, when industrial buildings tend to be shabby and degrade into tin-can factories that emphasise temporariness, Attila Turi sees and […]

Shingles and Glass

Reconstruction and Extension of Normafa Ski House, Budapest Architect: Levente Szabó Text: László Vincze Photos: Balázs Danyi Normafa is considered by many to be the very birthplace of the Hungarian skiing scene. The first significant ski slope in Hungary was opened here in 1919, so some 105 years have passed since then. In May 2013, […]

A Mosaic of Urban History

Dorothea Hotel, Budapest Architecture: TSPC Interiors: Lissoni & Partners Text: György SzegÅ‘ Photos: Dorothea Hotel / George Fakaros Vision Required The block next to Vörösmarty Square in Budapest, which has now grown together as the Dorothea Hotel, bears traces of very different architectural and cultural eras. It combines a historic environment with contemporary spaces to […]

Contemporary Eclecticism

Enlargement of Ancestral Church of Fraião, Braga, Portugal Architect: Nuno Ferreira Capa Text: Tamás Szentirmai Photos: Attilio Fiumarella The project’s decision for the Ancestral Church of Fraião traces a path between the subtraction and the aggregation of distinctive elements, whose formal symbiosis results in the significance, scale and work of materials in the building time. […]