This recognition awarded by the Association of Hungarian Architects is a „fair-play prize” of professionals symbolizing the approach authenticated also by the oeuvre of the denominator with his pursue of his vocation with the modesty of an architect based on ethics. Besides, it is also an appreciation of high-standard education. At the awards ceremony held […]
2024
Silver Carpenter’s Pencil Award 2023
The Silver Carpenter’s Pencil Award was founded in 2010 by the Foundation for the Hungarian Arts, at the initiative of architects Attila Komjáthy and his wife, Ilona Komjáthyné Kremnicsán. The recognition makes the press work for Hungarian architecture visible to the general public. It is awarded for quality journalistic activity appearing in printed or electronic […]
Hungarian Architecture Museum and Centre
On 11th December 2023, the results of the competition for the designs of the Hungarian Architecture Centre and Museum were announced at the MMA Headquarters, that is Pesti Vigadó. In June 2023, the MMA secretariat announced a two-phase design competition for the Hungarian Architecture Centre and Museum, planned for Városligeti fasor, next to Walter Rózsi […]
Perspective Vision
Expansion of the Faculty of General Medicine, Pécs Architect: Mihály Kádár Text: Marcell Szuhanyik Photos: Zsolt Hlinka The vision for the expansion of the Faculty of General Medicine of the University of Pécs, which began with the construction of a new, modern wing, goes far beyond the boundaries of the complex itself. In fact, it […]
The Urban Healer
Specialist Clinic, Budakeszi Architects: Bártfai-Szabó Építészműhely Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Benedek Bognár CLT construction method is becoming more and more widespread in Hungary, with buildings being constructed using this modern technology. It is perhaps not an exaggeration to say that the Bártfai-Horváth office is leading the way, having designed a crèche, a hunting lodge and […]
In an Elegant Unity
Nógrád County St Lazarius Hospital New Oncology Centre, Salgótarján Architect: Attila Gáva Text: Zsolt István Kiss dr, Péter Varga Photos: Zsolt Hlinka Our hospital architectural culture has once again been enriched with a functionally well-conceived, elegantly shaped building that uses the potentials of its surroundings with architectural respect and awareness. The nine-storey building, which dominates […]
Dialogue
New Health Centre, Hajdúböszörmény Architect: Marcel Ferencz Text: Péter Kovács Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky A new medical centre has been built in Hajdúböszörmény, which evokes the town’s past and its structural characteristics in both its use of materials and architectural design applying contemporary means. The so-called two-belt structure, created for defence reasons in the past, was […]
Till the End of Time
National Széchényi Library Archive Repository, Piliscsaba Architect: Attila Turi Text: Eszter Dénes Photos: György Dénes Every industrial building has its own formal rationalism, but strict technology does not preclude a valuable, unique appearance. In our age, when industrial buildings tend to be shabby and degrade into tin-can factories that emphasise temporariness, Attila Turi sees and […]
Shingles and Glass
Reconstruction and Extension of Normafa Ski House, Budapest Architect: Levente Szabó Text: László Vincze Photos: Balázs Danyi Normafa is considered by many to be the very birthplace of the Hungarian skiing scene. The first significant ski slope in Hungary was opened here in 1919, so some 105 years have passed since then. In May 2013, […]
A Mosaic of Urban History
Dorothea Hotel, Budapest Architecture: TSPC Interiors: Lissoni & Partners Text: György Szegő Photos: Dorothea Hotel / George Fakaros Vision Required The block next to Vörösmarty Square in Budapest, which has now grown together as the Dorothea Hotel, bears traces of very different architectural and cultural eras. It combines a historic environment with contemporary spaces to […]
Contemporary Eclecticism
Enlargement of Ancestral Church of Fraião, Braga, Portugal Architect: Nuno Ferreira Capa Text: Tamás Szentirmai Photos: Attilio Fiumarella The project’s decision for the Ancestral Church of Fraião traces a path between the subtraction and the aggregation of distinctive elements, whose formal symbiosis results in the significance, scale and work of materials in the building time. […]
Humanistic Health Care
Reflections during the planning of the Southern Buda Central Hospital Text: Tamás Noll Central hospitals represent a new generation of international hospital building, the so-called “core hospital” typology. The reorganisation project of healthcare in Hungary, the Semmelweis Plan launched in 2012, is in sync with developments all over the world, where care is being organised […]