The Hungarian Pavilion Concept and text: Hetedik Műterem Photos: Balázs Danyi In the exhibition space of the Leipzig Book Fair, spanning several thousand square meters, every spring the most recent Hungarian books translated to German are displayed in the national pavilion with and area of a few tens of square meters. Focusing on a specific […]
2018
Set on Track
TVE Sports Centre, Óbuda Architect: János Plájer Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Zsolt Batár In 2017 the citizens of Óbuda came into possession of the new recreation centre of the Sports, Gymnastics and Fencing Association of District III. The comprehensive revival of the sports complex contains the educational swimming pool, running tracks and sports fields, as […]
Treasure from Bread
Reconstruction of a Historic Granary, Budajenő Architect: Balázs Csóka Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Zsófia Kedves A Baroque-style granary has been restored in Budajenő, the original timber structure of which dates back to the 1700s, featuring a roofing supported by wooden Doric columns, which has preserved its girder and roof in fine condition. During the reconstruction […]
Unity Made Complete
Lutheran Kindergarten, Győr Architect: Péter Ráskai Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The evangelical district of Győr called Insula Lutherana is a unique architectural complex with its insular embedding into the city fabric. The structure of this extraordinary development preserved till now has been revived in a few years in one stage, thanks to a […]
Embracing walls
Kindergarten, Niederolang Architects: feld72 Text: Zsuzsa Beliczay Photos: Hertha Hurnhaus The house for a kindergarten in Valdaora di Sotto, South Tyrol, illustrates the local mesh of tradition, contemporary life and nature within the slowly grown village structure. This third kindergarten designed by feld72 aligns itself to the setting, without being subordinate to it. Subtly placed, […]
Voluntary architecture
Social School, Ghana Architects: Funk Bogdán, Balázs Szelecsényi, Orsolya Vadász, Diána Nusszer, Csinszka Cserháti, Roland Németh Text: Funk Bogdán Photos: Funk Bogdán, William Newman Koforidua in Ghana has a primary school where students have their education in an overcrowded store building, as well as on the corridors learn and under a shabby tin-roof. A team […]
Determination
The Architectural History of Budapest-Vizafogó St Martin of Tours Parish Church Text: Tamás Berecz The completed building as a tactile achievement pushes into the background the processes and circumstances that as a result may fade into oblivion. The birth of the building has been documented in details nad getting to know all these information largely […]
The Transformation of Materials in Architecture
International Architects Conference 2018 Text: Bálint Botzheim This year’s conference was hosted by the recently inaugurated building of Közszolgálati University organised by Artifex Publishing Co. and AHA (Association of Hungarian Architects). Ákos Moravánszky was invited to act as chairman who also selected the lectures included in the programme. This year’s topic was The Transformation of […]
Creative Expertise
IDEA Conference 2018 Kecskemét, 8-9 March 2018 Text: Raymond Bükkösi The name IDEA chosen for the conference held in Kecskemét is a true reflection of the spirituality and the values it has chosen. The key words to be taken into consideration are the ones making up the letters of the abbreviation (Innovation, Design, Engineering, Architecture) […]
Move the Roof Higher Up
10th Budapest Architecture Films Days Toldi Cinema, Budapest, 8-11 March 2018 Text: Eszter Götz Photos: KÉK The Contemporary Architecture Centre hosts the Architecture Film Days for the tenth time this April with an ever widening audience year by year. The programme offers lessons proving useful lessons and food for thought from several aspects. The number […]
Measurable Quality
An Interview with Béla Berke, Swiss Architect Text: Ildikó Pém (BORD Architectural Studio) Béla Berke, a theoretician architect, whose life and works are basically defined by his sense of responsibility to society, has excellent achievements as the former chairman of Baubioswiss and the founder of ÖQ qualification system in making the impact of human beings […]
Modernization and Tradition in the Himalayas
The Renewal of Ladakh Text: Borbála Bagi Photos: Borbála Bagi, Szilvia Ódry Ladakh is one of the last regions where traditional Tibetan culture and architecture has been preserved in its original form. A common opinion is that this is where ancient Tibetan civilization genuinely survived, and fostering religious traditions is also stronger here than in […]