Market Hall, Nagykőrös Architects: Irén Járomi, Gyula Kiss Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: György Palkó Nagykőrös is a traditionally agricultural and commercial centre with a monthly market which is a major forum for regional trade. The preservation of traditions is a prioritized mission of the town. In order to allow the market to throb like the […]
2019
Danube Riverbank Awakening
Pesterzsébet Open-air Baths Építészek: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus, Bence László Dobos, Zsolt Nagy Szöveg: Zoltán Dragon Fotók: József Hajdú The baths complex was founded in Pesterzsébet in 1924, almost at the peak season of such facilities in Budapest. The model, which it was designed after, as well as a point of reference for it was […]
A Competitive Alternative
Solar Decathlon 2019, Szentendre Text: Krisztián Dudics Photos: Képkocka / Gergely Potyondi, Solar Decathlon In 2002 a contest for universities and the construction industry was launched on the initiative of the government titled Solar Decathlon to encourage designs and the construction of modern exemplary residential buildings that offer innovative, energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable alternatives based on […]
EXPO 2019 at the Foot of the Great Chinese Wall
Gardening World Exhibition, Beijing, 29 April – 7 October 2019 Text and photos: Pál Lővei Some 74 km from the centre of Beijing, the most frequented part of the great wall in Badaling is backed by a basin of Yanqing Hills where an international gardening exhibition was opened covering the largest area in the history […]
Generative Paper Lantern
Plasencia Auditorium and Conference Centre, Murcia, Spain Architects: Jose Selgas, Lucia Cano Text: Levente Gyulai, Vilmos Katona Photos: Iwan Baan Designed by Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano, Plasencia conference centre and auditorium is located in Murcia, Spain, on the outskirts of Cartagena. Although SelgasCano architects won the tender back in 2005, the complex with a […]
Creative Space Utilization
Architectural and social aspects Text: Laura Takács, Dr. Tamás Fejérdy One of the goals of redesigning historic spaces is to make cooperation easier, create communities and initiate spontaneous meetings. This kind of space design is not only targeted to meet a certain type of direct functional needs, but also to reframe communal and social life […]
Creative Vienna
Space and Experience – Vienna Biennale 2019 MAK, Vienna, 29 May – 26 October 2019 Text: György Szegő Photos: MAK, Júlia Szegő Vienna has been evolving as a megapolis for 70 years now – accompanied by every beauty and trouble of changes –, whilst it has been able to preserve the rural grace of the […]
Cubic Fates
The reinterpretation of Hungary’s cubic houses building stock Text and illustration: Tünde Krisztina Tóth From the mid-20th century on, cubic houses mushroomed with an unstoppable speed, which deeply hit the history of Hungarian housing development. The overwhelming majority of homes in Hungary had been badly damaged during World War II, and rebuilding the missing houses […]
Where is the Architecture of the Future Born?
10+1 questions on the Solar Decathlon Text: István Csúsz (KOEB) Photos: Képkocka / Gergő Potyondi Solar Decathlon is a series of contests with 10 challenges for university students ambitioning to popularize sustainable architecture and experiments to find new solutions. It was launched by the US governmental office of energetics in 2002. They primarily focussed on […]
Commemorating Jenő Rimanóczy
Text: András Ferkai Yet another outstanding representative of the great old generation has left us behind. Jenő Rimanóczy, an architect awarded Ybl Prize passed away on June 29th. Starting his career after 1956, he was a member of the generation that played a key role in state-managed design. He fulfilled his ambitions as a significant […]
The Meaning in Architecture
How do man-made spaces address us? Text: Zsófia Francsicsné Szántay In the context of architecture, the concepts of meaning, interpretation, reading, as well as adjectives like signifying, iconic, symbolic and emblematic often appear as references to buildings and their spaces in professional discourses discussing architectural theory and design. This article surveys issues of architectural semantics, […]
Architectural Atmosperes
Text: Szilárd Suba-Faluvégi What makes the difference between two buildings with regard to quality? What is high-standard architecture like? Why do we like being in one building, whilst we find another unbearable? These are common questions when we think about architecture. Periods of human history had various answers to them; referring to ornamentation through inauguration […]