Gábor Zoboki’s Memorial Speech at Fiumei Cemetery The oeuvre of architect Albert Schickedanz coincides with one of the most flourishing eras of Budapest. Following the integration of the city in 1873 and the foundation of the Municipal Public Works Committee in 1870 magical energies worked miracles in this city for a few decades thanks to […]
2015
Reporting the Front
The Program of Alejandro Avarena curator for the Venice Biennale 2016 The Venice Biennale has announced the theme selected by 2016 Biennale director Alejandro Avarena. Titled Reporting From the Front, next year’s Biennale will be an investigation into the role of architects in the battle to improve the living conditions for people all over the […]
A szabadság építészete
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Two Experimental Pavilion
Osaka, 1970 Maurizio Sacripanti, EXPO Osaka ’70 MAXXI, Roma, 29 May 2015 – 1 November 2015 “A space that moves may mean a country that moves” Maurizio Sacripanti In movement, pulsating, enclosed by an envelope that mutates in an unpredictable, living way: Maurizio Sacripanti’s entry for the Competition for the Italian Pavilion at the Osaka […]
Európa tervezője: Friedrich August Stüler
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Belgiumtól Magyarországig
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Atlas of European Architecture
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Plečnik – Zala – Aquila
Three Exhibitions in Kunsthalle Budapest Text: Áron Petneki The exhibitions in Art Gallery (Kunsthalle) Budapest present the oeuvres of a painter, a sculptor and an architect, respectively. The characters of the artists, namely János Aquila, György Zala and Jože Plečnik are separated from each other by historic periods and styles, whilst also are also associated […]
American Picture Postcard from Óbuda
IBS – Aquincum Campus, Graphisoft Park Architect: Kajdócsi Jenő Text: Botzheim Bálint Photos: Zsitva Tibor The buildings formerly belonging to the Gas Works within the premises of Graphisoft Park are protected historic monuments and unique in being so as the structures of the Park are predominantly works of contemporary architecture. International Business School (IBS) moved […]
Tactile simplicity
The Extension of Blind Children’s Home, Budapest Architect: Géza Kendik Text: Anna Zöldi Photos:Tamás Bujnovszky Receiving sponsoring from Azerbaijan, the latest project by A4 studio was built in the hills as an extension of a Catholic children’s home. This high-standard building hides on a hillside in Buda, featuring values that are hidden not only from […]
Elevation from Reality
Tourist Centre, Galyatető Architect: Csaba Kovács Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The Association of Hungarian Hikers Naturalists has decided to revitalize the entire length of the blue-sign tour and a flagship of this decision is the tourist centre located in Galyatető. Hiding in the shade of the hotel, this small single-storey house was built […]
The Grace of Pest
Prestige Hotel, Budapest Architects: Péter Hegedűs, Ágnes Bolyó Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Gábor Erdélyi, Viktória Győrfi Sometime before the twin towns of Pest-Buda evolved into an integrated metropolis named Budapest within only a few decades, the elderly József Hild constructed a tenement block in a tiny street just behind the building of the Hungarian Academy […]