The Reconstruction of Szirmay-Waldbott Mansion in Tolcsva Architect: Mihály Rudolf Text: Rita Tuczai Photos: József Hajdú Tolcsva, a former agricultural town of the Tokaj-Hegyalja region abounds in relics of the past. The Szirmay-Waldbott mansion is renowned far away for its representative aristocratic grandeur and elegance, and also treasures an intense erudition of agriculture. As of […]
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An Industrial Joy-Play
Ship Service Building, Győr-Gönyű National Harbor Architects: Ádám Hatvani, Attila Korompay, Tibor Dékány Text: Bálint Botzheim Photos: Balázs Danyi The harbour at Győr-Gönyű started its operations in 1992. It is also associated with an Industrial Park which is still almost empty. At present there is only a single factory active here, which is an Austrian-owned […]
Rational Common Sense Logic of Construction
Dwelling house, Piliscsaba Architect: József Őrfi Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky The facade of the detached family house immediately shows that the building is a result of a later extension. Built after the turn of the millennia, it is a twin-design studio with two windows, which bravely takes on its original design, next to […]
Every End is a New Beginning
Hello Wood Village Project is Over Architects: Hello Wood Text: Edit Pálinkás Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Hello Wood drew attention to the significance of the village, the communal utilisation of space, thinking together and communication with two projects this year. To sum it up, the wine region of Tokaj-Hegyalja hosted Építész Mustra ’17 which actually brought […]
Art of balance
Rebuilding Rånåsfoss hydroelectric power station, Norway Architects: LPO Architekten Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tove Lauluten, Jan Lillehamre The original power station in Rånåsfoss was completed in 1922 and is an example of neo-classical industrial architecture, designed by architect Thorvald Astrup. The power station has been described as the first, largest and most beautiful power station […]
István Medgyaszay Memorial Conference and Exhibition
Pesti Vigadó, 20. 09. 2017 István Medgyaszay is one of the most outstanding figures of 20th-century architecture in Central Europe. His works, however, have been underestimated compared to their significance both in Hungarian and international architectural history. Lectures included in the programme of the memorial conference held to honour his oeuvre targeted to survey and […]
Ferro-concrete and Szekler gate
Modernism and identity in the architecture of István Medgyaszay Text: Ákos Moravánszky Concrete is a defining material in modern architecture, which has evolved into a symbol of the Modernist movement and later on became that of the negative consequences of modernization. The Szekler gate is actually just the opposite of everything represented by reinforced concrete: it […]
Architecture and Ornamentation in the Oeuvre of István Medgyaszay
Text: Ferenc Potzner Ornamentation is present in every single branch of fine arts. It adjusts itself to materials, techniques and technologies, may show a wide variety from being flat or highly sculpturesque, containing geometric, botanical or figural motifs. If we interpret ornamentation clearly as form, which may even be spatial, then in the wider sense of […]
An Artistic Form of Reinforced Concrete (1908)
International Architects Congress, Wien, 1908 Text: István Medgyaszay On May 22nd, 1908 the 8th International Conference of Architects was held in Vienna, in the auditorium of the Association of Austrian Engineers and Architects with the participation of 437 delegates from a total of 10 countries. The chairman of the event was Otto Wagner. István Medgyaszay, […]
A Long-Forgotten House by Medgyaszay in the Civil Servants’ Housing Estate
Text: Eszter Baldavári Celebrating the 140th anniversary of the birth of architect István Medgyaszay, professionals with the Museum of Hungarian Architecture have been surveying and mapping all the works of the architect located in Budapest in the year 2017. The author of this article has come upon documents whilst participating in this project that prove […]
Sample tracking
A pseudo-Medgyaszay house in Buda Text: Renáta Herczeg, Endre Prakfalvi The main facade of the building at No. 24 Retek Street bears characteristics of Art Nouveau style. Built by master architect István Schumy in 1889, it is a single-storey residential building with a – nyeregtető The original structure was extended with two additional storeys by […]
Memorial House and Archives
István Medgyaszay’s Dwelling-House on Gellért Hill Text: Eszter Götz Photos: András Surányi J. The house standing on the slopes of Gellért Hill treasures a unique archives. As a result of efforts made by the family and especially by Zoltán Bartha, Medgyaszay’s son-in-law, it was salvaged in good conditions to function now as a well-kept systemized […]