FUGA, 12. 01. 2023. On 1 December, the results of the Budapest Architectural Award 2023 competition were announced and the awards ceremony took place at the FUGA. The aim of the competition is to promote the creation of new values, the preservation of traditional values, the development of architectural and environmental culture, to recognise and […]
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Media Architecture Awards 2023
Uránia National Film Theatre, 11. 10. 2023. For the 19th time, this year’s most outstanding architectural works were recognised at the Media Architecture Awards Gala. A total of 78 buildings, 91 designs and 26 built environment works were entered for this year’s competition. The prize was launched by the two founding editors-in-chief of the Architectural […]
Finished Past
Museum Quarter Renovation Project, Sopron Architect: Dávid Józsa Text: Tamás Kiss Photos: Richárd Tóth After several years of planning and construction work, visitors to Sopron can finally take possession of the Museum Quarter on Main Square. All the buildings of the institution are in themselves testimonies to centuries of architectural heritage, with valuable architectural layers […]
Hope for the Future – Today
The Renewal of St Michael’s Cathedral in Veszprém Architects: Tamás Czigány, Anikó Páll, Róbert Papp Szöveg: György Szegő Fotók: Balázs Danyi The major state-funded project covered 18 buildings in the castle district – including the main church – to be renovated by the Archdiocese of Veszprém between 2020 and 2025. The majority of the monuments […]
From the Outside Inward
The New Lutheran Church in Piliscsaba Architect: András Krizsán Text: Levente Móré Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky It had been a long-standing dream of the congregation of the Béthel Evangelical Missionary Home to have a permanent church. The wooden church was built back in the 1960s, then as a temporary place of worship. Today the building is […]
Dust and Patina
Bakáts Square Church Renovation, Budapest Architect: Gábor Kruppa Text: Zoltán Dragon Photos: Zoltán Nemes The final renovation of the Bakáts Square Church in Budapest, consecrated in 1879 and designed by Miklós Ybl, was carried out in two stages between 2016 and 2022. What makes the renovation of the church special is its ownership (it is […]
Notes by a Traveller
The Dominican Sisters’ Monastery-Church Ensemble, Budakeszi Építészek: István Bartók, Péter Fejérdy, Zsófia Lázár Text: György Major Photos: Balázs Danyi In Budaörs, in the neighbourhood of the Baroque church and parish, next to the houses rising up the hill, stands the house of the Sisters’ of St. Dominic. At the mouth of the street that climbs […]
The bivak and the dormitory
Reformed Student College, Pápa Architects: Tamás Máté, Áron Vass-Eysen Text: Péter Debreczeni Photos: Ákos Rajnai Pápa is a nationally renowned school town thanks to the Reformed College of Pápa, which has become a major intellectual centre of the city and the Transdanubian region over its almost 500-year history.The College was forced to move several times […]
A New Connection Towards the City
Renovation of Csokonai National Theatre in Debrecen Architects: Péter Kovács, András Tisza Interior designers: Rózsa Csavarga, Bence Török Szabolcs Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky Debrecen had a permanent theatre company as early as the end of the 18th century, but for a long time it entertained the public in the chariot theatre of an […]
Respect for Background Work
The New Service Building of Petőfi Theatre in Veszprém Architects: Ferenc Potzner, Gábor Martin Text: Eszter Götz Photos: Krisztina Ancza In 2016, the theatre of Veszprém was given the opportunity for a comprehensive renovation project within the framework of the Modern Cities programme. Last renovated in the late 1980s after designs by Péter Szendrő, the […]
Finding Home
Community House, Makó Architect: Balázs Váradi Text: János Pál Photos: Bence Csernyus After a long and thorough preparatory work stage, supported by a series of studies, the city of Makó decided to create its new sub-centre, which will provide long-term assistance and opportunities in a complex way, mainly for the residents of the neglected and […]
Marshal Piłsudski’s Architectural Vision Today
The Polish Army Museum, Warsaw Architecture: WXCA Architectural Design Studio Text: György Szegő Photos: Marcin Czehowicz The Polish Army Museum, now completed in the still Tsarist Citadel in Warsaw, was founded in 1920 by Marshal Józef Piłsudski, the first head of state of the Second Polish Republic, at the beginning of the Polish state revival. […]