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Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Memorial House, Kovászna Architect: Lőrinc Csernyus Text: Éva Ferencz Photos: Bence Csernyus In the spring of 1784, in Csomakőrös, near Kovászna, Sándor Csoma was born. He is a world-famous Tibetologist and Orientalist, whose work and intellectual heritage were respected by the local community, despite the authorities’ prohibition. The public cultural association bearing […]

Reconstruction of Sipeki Balás Mansion, Budapest Architects: Balázs Falvai, Márton Nagy, Bettina Ónodi, Dávid Török Text: Miklós Vannay Photos: Antal Bánhegyesy The Sipeki Balás Mansion is one of the last works of Ödön Lechner, a romantic, dynamic, complex volume, a work of art, with an original metal structure conservatory facing the front garden, and folk […]

Solium Regni ¬Exhibition and Stone Garden, Coronation Basilica National Monument Visitor Centre Architects: Tibor Gerzsenyi, Tamás Karácsony Text: Péter Klobusovszki Photos: Tamás Réthey-Prikkel The ruins of the Royal Basilica in Székesfehérvár as well as the ruins of the Royal Monastery of St. Stephen, and the surrounding complex of buildings were completed in 1938, on the […]

Community Liget Pavilion, Máriaremete Architects: László Kalmár, Balázs Rose, Zsolt Zsuffa Text: Miklós Vannay Photos: Zsolt Hlinka This community grove was built on the site of a small former park. Its area has been extended, taking over the adjacent land. The landscape plan has cleverly made use of the existing site. The trees have been […]

BudaPrés Cider, Etyek Architect: Péter Bordás Text: Marcell Szuhanyik Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Budaprés in Etyek has been making ciders since 2017, and the care with which they handle this genre is evident even in the tiniest details. The decision to have BORD Architects design their building is due to the design firm’s experience in wineries. […]

Family House, Szentendre Architects: Gábor Fábián, Veronika Juhász Text: Csaba Valkai Photos: Veronika Juhász The plot of the hemp house in Szentendre and the designers have found each other an established a fine partnership. Despite its advantageous location south of the Bükkös Creek and east of the main road, this site has not yet been […]

Turtle Nature Trail, Dunakeszi Architecture: Paradigma Ariadné Text: Anett Mizsei Photos: Szabolcs Molnár The Turtle Nature Trail in Dunakeszi by Paradigma Ariadne is for the playful and serious. It uses architectural tools to form a bridge connecting people and landscape, both literally and symbolically. The marsh, which is one of the last in Budapest, welcomes […]

World Horticultural Expo, Doha Text and photos: Pál Lővei In 2023-2024, Qatar will host the first horticultural exhibition in the Middle East. In one corner of the 170-hectare exhibition, which is dedicated to the topic ‘Green Desert, Better Environment’, the bleak grey sands of the Wadi Al Sail Nature Reserve are a reminder of what […]

Kodály Palace, Budapest Architect: Ferenc Nedár Text: Tamás Ulrich Photos: Attila Gulyás One of the most historic buildings of Kodály Circus, the Royal Hungarian State Railways Pension Institute was completed in 1883 and was owned by the company that constructed it until 1949, when it was nationalised. In the summer of 2014, the wooden roof […]

BGE Library and Student Centre, Budapest Architects: Péter Gereben, Balázs Marián Text: Mihály Balázs Photos: Balázs Danyi The BGE Library and Student Centre is located in a typical Eastern European urban landscape: a social-rehab housing estate built in the 1950s, with a neighbourhood of detached houses with gardens. Between the two there is a space […]

District Prosecutor’s Office, Siklós Architect: András Greg Text: Péter Zilahi Photos: The Greypixel The rather eclectic, winding main street of the historic downtown of Siklós is typically enclosed and relatively narrow in scales and proportions. The town hall, which used to house the district prosecutor’s office, is situated in a corner position in the opening […]