Laury Winery, Mindszentkálla Architect: Gábor Sajtos Text: Anna Szövényi Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Heading towards Mindszentkálla, on the hills next to the main road, a house appears between the rows of vines, with its white gable, and then drives on and disappears behind the mountain. As we head down to the village, a gray rock-like contour […]
2021
To Become a Place
New marketplace, Üllő Architect: Gábor Rombauer Text: Miklós Okrutay Photos: Zsolt Hlinka The installation of the new market in Üllő surrounds the block of the town hall in an L-shape, creating a number of unique, characteristic situations. The primary entry opens from the direction of the town hall, the two opening pavilions form a gate. […]
Redefining an Industrial Monument
Silk Factory Cultural District, Mohács Architect: Gyula Dombai Text: Dániel Rabb Photos: Lajos Kalmár During the rehabilitation of the brownfield area of the former silk factory in Mohács, an industrial monument complex was saved from demolishing. The original designer of the building was the royal engineer Ferenc Kalin, who in 1905 designed several other similar […]
Free throw
Sports hall, Veresegyház Architect: László Zsigmond Text: Sándor Csontó Photos: Zsolt Hlinka Veresegyház has become one of the most dynamically developing settlements in Hungary, mainly due to its forward-thinking and consistent city management. It is no coincidence that, over the last twenty years, it has tripled its population and, as it has kept pace, increased […]
Recapture of the River Danube
New beaches in Budapest Text: Eszter Götz Photos: László Beliczay The key to Budapest’s unique location is the river Danube, which bisects the city. It is rare in Europe to have a capital that boasts such a long riverbank, and it has not even been concreted through the early 21st century. The centuries-long bathing life […]
Urban Floating Oasis
A New Recreational Island in New York Architect: Thomas Heatherwick Text: György Szegő Photos: Michael Grimm, Thomas Schenck – Little Island Three of New York’s frequented rusty zones are former quays. Two of them are actually the banks of Manhattan East River and Hudson River. The former has been modernized by constructing a clearway, whilst […]
Concrete-wooden jewelry in the landscape
Lookout Tower at Naplás Lake Architect: Robert Gutowski Text: Mária Tatai Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The lake along Naplás Road, or the Szilas Creek reservoir, was created in 1978 by damming the stream in a marshy valley. The engineering intervention also saved the rich wildlife of the area, and from 1997 the forest-strudel environment was declared […]
Digital Museum Plan
Veszprém, European Capital of Culture 2023 Concept and text: László Kalmár, Zsolt Zsuffa In recent decades, the institution of the museum has evolved from a sanctuary of learning to a place of experiential experience that seeks to please the public with stunning effects. The concept of creating a new Digital Museum within the framework of […]
Under the spell of towers
Dénes Györgyi’s Plans for the City Hall of Debrecen Text: Fanni Izabella Magyaróvári Photos: Magyar Építészeti Múzeum és Műemlékvédelmi Dokumentációs Központ This year, 90 years ago, in the spring of 1931, the large-scale design competition of the Debrecen town hall was completed. In many cases, the outstanding architectural works of the period between the two […]
Ottoman Heritage
Pilgrims’ Settlement around the Turbe of Sultan Suleiman in Szigetvár Text: Norbert Pap, Máté Kitanics Regarding its historical context, the town built for pilgrims by Sultan Suleiman in Turbék near Szigetvár was constructed fairly quickly in the mid-1570s. However, it was not a static architectural structure, as it underwent several changes and extensions during its […]
Mihály Ráday’s Revolution
The Beginning of the Urban Protection Movement Text: György Szegő As a cinematographer and director, Mihály Ráday made several TV serires, documentaries and children’s programs in addition to his legendary television series, which ran for 30 years. For 15 years we were able to see their joint television series with Tamás Katona from 1848. He […]
Discovering another Modernism in Hungary
Text: Dániel Laczó Modernist Architecure spread in Hungary on two occasions in the decade after World War II. Firstly, right after the war when state-sponsored projects wre predominantly followed Modernism. The change of the political system and the rule of socialism resulted the transformation of cultural policy: dictatorship defined art life and required authors and […]