Fehérgyarmat is a small town in the North-Eastern part of Hungary, one of the most determinant place in the Szatmári-plate, which was an important trading center in the past. Before the dedication of the church in August 1999 Fehérgyarmat had…
The lutheran church of Balatonboglár stands near to the edge of the city, seamlessly fitting into the hill of Boglár at the border of the nature reserve. The construction was preceded by an invitation-based competition. One of the most important…
To get a comprehensive picture of the library, we have to look back until 1953, the foundation of this institution. In the 90's, the old building's state was in such bad condition, that a reconstruction was unable. The library's equipments…
The program of the congregation was to formulate liturgic spaces for the Church's missionary activities. It also included spaces for events and residental functions. There was also a consideration that the Church space should be able to hold organ concerts.…
In the past, Buda’s most beautiful romantic building, the Karátsony Palace stood on this site, which lies west of the Castle Hill. The building burned down in 1938 and a school of the German Reich was to be built on…
“This building is a result of our competition entry at the architectural master school, my colleagues were Péter Reimholz and Sándor Takács. Our project won and we had a chance to plan the complex of offices and a public room…
The grammar school in Aszód is the largest work of Tamás Nagy - it is also one of the most prominent example of brick-architecture in Hungary. architect: Tamás NAGY - AXIS Kft. collaborating architect: Tamás LÉVAI (kollégium) year of design/construction:…
The light, airy disposition of Graphisoft Park is quite unusual for even a headquarter, but especially for a series of office buildings (a science park) – the first steps were made by Építész Stúdió with designing the now iconic first…
For the planning of the new building unit of the János Nagyváthy Agricultural and Medical Specialized Secondary School there was a competition in 1994. The 1st-award plan (the work of József Koller and András Köves) had not been realized at…
Built for the reformed congregation which has overgrowed its previous chapel settled in an original farmhouse. The church is, at the same time, the memorial church of the hungarians beyond the frontier. The building is situated in the edge of…
The Csepel Greek Catholic chapel is present as the “westmost bastion of Greek-Chatolicism” in the suburban, smallscalefamilyhomes environment. The small but compact body does not try to draw attention to itself with its ornamentation or cultivated details, rather carries its…
Thanks to the effort of the Lutheran congregation of Sopronnémeti, after more than 100 years of standing by itself, the belfry was completed with a church in 1997. architect: Tamás NAGY year of design/contruction: 1993 /1997 Photography: © Tamás NAGY, © Abigél…
In 1998, the Jesuits called for proposals to design the new ecclesiastical center. István FERENCZ won the opportunity to design the complex on a gently sloping empty plateau, to the center of Avas-housing where approximately 40.000 people live. architect: Ferencz…
At the time of commission the specialists of Siemens both in Budapest and Munich clearlyinformed the architects that the future building would have to broadcast the "Siemens-design and architecture." The most important requirements of Siemens both in the pastand at…
Simplicity in architecture means several affairs: little financial investment, obvious or evident tools, naturalness, artlessness, peace. Adeptus Office Building is a great example of that simplicity created by Béla PAZÁR. The house also represents the 1990s brick architecture. architects: Béla…
The Danube-bend Forest School designed by Gábor Turányi and László Földes is one of the outstanding examples of regional architecture of the ’90s. architects: Gábor TURÁNYI, László FÖLDES - T2a Architects, interior design: András GÖDE year of design/construction: 1994-1995/1996 photography:…
The medieval plot was left out from the list of inventarisation of József CSEMEGI after World War II, so it remained vacant. Over the years several proposals were made to this site: a residential building (KÖZTI, László KÉKESI), or the…
The Porcelanium was built for one Hungary’s most outstanding china factory, the Herend Manufactory, that was founded in 1826. It is the only china factory that remained the property of Hungarian owners after the change of the regime. In 1993,…
The site with the ruins of the old mill was bought by the "Tovább Élni Egyesület" ("Live On Association") in 1992, in order to create a home for disabled children - Tamás Karácsony recalled the memories of the beginning with…