The result of the architectural competition The Hungarian Academy of Arts, Department of Architecture, announced an open architectural application called “Szentendre – Cultural Riverside 2019”, in the framework of which it awaited a proposal for the construction of a unique cultural and leisure center in the historical downtown of Szentendre by the integration and rehabilitation […]
2020
Yona Friedman (1923–2020)
Text: György Szegő The architect and thinker of Hungarian origin, Yona Friedman (Friedmann János) died in his 96 year in February 2020. He was one of the outstanding and exceptionally versatile figures of the urban architectural discourse that developed in the second half of the twentieth century. He drew cities on colossal trusses rising up, […]
Piranesi Award 2019
FUGA Center of Architecture, Budapest, 15 January – 3 February 2020 Piran Days of Architecture (PiDA) is an International Architectural Conference with one of the oldest traditions in the world, whose aim is to assess current trends in architecture and present the most progressive and innovative ideas of architectural and spatial production. The conference is […]
Z as in Zala
Reception building for a test field for motor industry, Zalaegerszeg Architect: Attila Madzin Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Motor industry has evolved into a leading branch of economy in Hungary. As a result, in the past decade it has appeared in other fields as well, primarily in education, research development, infrastructure and urban development. […]
Is Zsámbék Worth Visiting to See Modern Architecture?
The remodelling and extension of St John the Baptist School Centre in Zsámbék Architect: Zoltán Kovács Text: Tamás Dévényi Photos: Balázs Danyi The premontrean order arrived in Zsámbék 100 years later and possessed the monastery built in honour of St John the Baptist till 1475. Its founder, knight Aynard had his masonry castle here the […]
Under a Lucky Constellation
István Széchenyi Primary School, Budakeszi Architect: Attila Turi Text: Mária Tatai Photos: György Dénes The school is built on a semi-circular site in Kerekmező square. The inclination of the terrain means it is bordered by straight walls from below and along the main road, and embraced with a large arched line on the other side. […]
A Dual Challenge
Office Block of the Parliament Office, Budapest Architect: Bence Vadász Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Clerks of the Parliament offices had the chance to take their new work places in György Szabad Office Building now. Developing the northern side of Kossuth Square was completed between the two world wars, leaving the southern side vacant. […]
Raise the Bid!
Detached house, Budakeszi Architect: Gábor Bártfai-Szabó Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Gábor Bártfai-Szabó and his wife, a fellow architect are already building their second family home in Budakeszi, along a dirt road of the formerly closed development zone of the settlement. The site is located near the former one. The challenge matched their previous […]
In Mother Nature’s Lap
Detached House, Bugyi Ürbőpuszta Architect: Péter Vékony Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: György Palkó Edged into the territory of the country from the south, this region of sandy hills between the rivers Danube and Tisza is far away from the bustle of Budapest, but still within a proximity easily accessible from anywhere. Architect Péter Vékony and […]
Aurea Mediocritas
Food Industry Training Workshop, Karcag Architect: Gábor Csanády Text: Levente Móré Photos: Gábor Csanády Restrained and symmetrical organisation matched with pleasant rhythm features the new food industry plant of the Karcag-based Sámuel Szentannai vocational school designed by Gábor Csanády, who respected architectural traditions of the Great Hungarian Plain whilst blending it with contemporary characteristics easy […]
Chopsticks
Medical Center, Budapest, Kőbánya Architects: Roberta Horváth, Erzsébet Mészáros Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Erzsébet Mészáros In the former industrial area of Budapest, in Kőbánya, there are rather abandoned industrial halls, warehouse buildings and office buildings of disappeared and disappeared companies. Within the framework of the Kőbánya Municipality’s office renovation program, the reconstruction of the building […]
Schools and Slaps
Federal High School, Aspern Architects: Fuchs & Fuchs Architekten Text: György Szegő Photos: Hertha Hurnaus, Paul Ott Aspern Federal School is located in the largest urban expansion district in the northeast of Vienna, where the provided infrastructure should correspond to the criteria of sustainability. According to the progressive competition programme the Federal Ministry of Education […]