UIA World Congress, Copenhagen, 2023 Text: Krisztina Somogyi The International Association of Architects, UIA, organizes its renewal general assembly every three years, where members and interested parties gather from all over the world to discuss the most current architectural topics. This issue in 2023 was sustainability, which was interpreted very broadly at the conference and […]
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Honouring Architects on the Day of the Founding of the Hungarian State 2023
On the occasion of the 20th of August, the celebration of the founding of the Hungarian state, several leading architects were awarded high state honours. Architects Sándor DLA Dévényi, Dr. Bálint Bachmann, Tamás Perényi DLA and Attila Sztankov were awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit.
Concepts for Survive
Strategies for the new challenges of a new century Text: Bálint Botzheim In our current thematic issue, we present different strategies for how the architect can be mindful of the effects on the environment. The first of the presented strategies is recycling. Why build a new one, if the existing building can be adapted to […]
The Luxurious New Aristocrat of Old Budapest
W Hotel (former Drechsler Palace), Budapest Architect: Béla Bánáti Text: György Szegő Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The office of Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos in 1883, right after the design of the Szeged Town Hall, received a commission from the MÁV Pension Institute to design the apartment building opposite the Opera. The building was inspired by […]
Contemporary Palisade
Foton, Veszprém Architects: Orsolya Nóbik, Attila Szilvási Text: János Géczi Photos: Csaba Toroczkai / VEB2023 EKF The baroque stable building at the south-western end of Veszprém Castle, at the junction of the inner space of the bastion under the Fire Tower, the office building of the House of Arts and the courtyard of the Csikász […]
Instead of Demolition
Divinus House, Budapest Architects: Klára K. Artner (1972), Zoltán Durst (2022) Text and photos: Eszter Götz The heyday of rowing life on the Danube at Római riverbank, was fading in the early 1970s, but boathouses were still plentiful when the era of union holiday homes began to be built here. One of the most famous […]
Cubic Houses Reinterpreted
The Grafit Studio’s Sample Designs Text and concept: Grafit Studio The designs for the Lechner Centre’s 2019 competition for the idea of a model design allow for the redesign of the well-known “cube house” type design into expandable detached family houses that meet today’s needs and trends. Grafit Studio architects designed variations for both rural […]
The Tangible and the Intangible
Press house in the Balaton Highlands Architects: Katalin Csillag, Zsolt Gunther Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: Balázs Danyi The material and immaterial components of architecture interact in the concept of Katalin Csillag and Zsolt Gunther’s press house designed to be built in the Balaton Highlands. The encounter of structures and light creates living rhythms that change […]
The Gyimes Skanzen through the Eyes of an Architect
Transylvania, Harghita county Text and photos: István Szász The 2.9 hectare site was bought by the Szász family in 2002, when it was just a small wooden house and its barn. The house was surrounded by fruit trees, a potato field along the creek, and a few pine and birch trees dotted the pasture on […]
The Self-Sustaining Garden
Family House Garden, Budaörs Garden of the Year 2022 Landscape architecture: Balázs Almási, Roland Szurovecz Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Balázs Almási, Eszter Miller, Roland Szurovecz The garden of a detached family house built on a steep slope in the hillside of Budaörs has won the Garden of the Year 2022 award. Its designers, Balázs Almási […]
Inclusion
MCC Pavilion, Révfülöp Architecture: Páricsy és Társai Text: Marcell Szuhanyik Photo: György Palkó The area known as the Cholnoky Jenő Children and Youth Harbour in Révfülöp has been under the management of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Talent Foundation for only a few years, but since then it has been under continuous development. A boat repair […]
Natural and Up-to-date
New Directions in Wood Architecture Text: Eszter Götz Environmental awareness has become an increasingly important aspect of contemporary architecture. However, only a few clients are interested in the underlying environmental issues. It is difficult to get real information about the production processes of products that are claimed to be environmentally friendly. In addition to this, […]