The municipality of Paks organised a competition for the historic downtown in January 2001. The winner team was comissioned to make a study plan in May 2002. The main concept was to create a cultural isle at the historic centre…
The look-out tower of Nagy Kopasz-hegy is located in the Budai mountains, between Budakeszi, Telki and Nagykovácsi, far from anything human made. The tower is barely visible from the roads nearby, its wood structure is well hidden in the forest.…
The shape and the positioning of the small community building follows the tradition of the old village-house from the Hungarian Plain; though the slight change in the angle of the roof and the detailing makes it ook like a public…
The studio’s first built project is the Roman Catholic parish, associated with the congregation of Üröm. leading architects: Balázs FALVAI, Dávid TÖRÖK, Márton NAGY - DMB Műterem Kft. architectural consultant: Mihály BALÁZS year of design/construction: 2010/2014 photo: © Tamás SZENTIRMAI…
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 kindergarten and gym was built two years before the new school, so the new functions had to conform to these previous buildings. Since both of them were designed by the same team (HAP Design Office Ltd.) as the new…
The Pilis-Dunakanyar Waldorf Association founded their school and kindergarten in 2005 in Pilisszentlászló, a village 40km north of Budapest. At first two buildings were rented from the municipality, but soon the institution reached its limits, a new solution had to…
The new edifice with its spacious, state of the art plant and attractive wine tasting areas provides worthy space for the winery, which is one of the oldest wineries in the region of Etyek. head architects: Péter BORDÁS - BORD…
The plans of the Balassagyarmat Educational and Cultural Center has undergone many changes during the various rounds of architectural competitions until the definitive version come off. The national design competition – organised in 1985 – was followed by many tenders…
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 most remarkable neo-classicist building of the downtown area in Paks is the former Erzsébet hotel. The long neglected building has come back to life after renovations and extension in 2010. Now it is functioning as a new hotel with…
Being a strong, constantly growing town, several significant architectural competitions had been made the past few years in Budaörs - as a result of these the new town hall (Zsuffa-Kalmár) and a primary school (János Dobai) was built. This new…
The Premonstratenian Secondary School slowly outgrew its first gym (a temporary work of Gábor Turányis studio), that was only suitable for summer use, so we could say that it lacked a real gymnasium right from the beginning. Still they had…
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…
"Dunaújváros is a really special work of mine. Special, because it was my first comission for a church, and special because Dunaújváros was for long decades imagined as a communist city, in which almost no place were left for religious…
The artists' colony exists in Szentendre since 1928, designed by Ferenc Török, Kossuth Prize winning architect in 1963. Renovation and expansion was completed in 2008, based on the plans of Antal Puhl’s architect office. Modernization or expansion was due to…
In 2006 the town of Budaörs organised a national architectural competition to design a new elementary school. The plot is located near the highway in a yet undeveloped area. The entry of János DOBAI and his colleagues won third prize,…
The daycare is situated on the periphery of Zsámbék in an architecturally neutral environment. It is near to the nursery designed by Attila Turi, that played an important role in the design process. The two houses became forming elements of…
The municipality of Törökbálint announced a public and a secret architectural competition on developing the local kindergarten in 2005. Mihály Balázs’s plan won the jury’s appreciation byusing natural materials and energy-saving structures. The winning plan was financiallysupported by the European…
The City Council of Budaörs called for proposals for the town hall extention in 2003. The competition was evaluated by a delegation from the Chamber of Arhitects who awarded László Kalmár and Zsolt Zsuffa (ZSK Architects) with the 1st prize.…
The steeped sloped building territory with a pleasing orentation is situated at the inside of the townat the newly parcelled place next to the Terrapark. It is a two-story kindergarten using traditional materials with a free-standing disposition. leading architects: László…
The city of Gödöllő growing since the 60s, and its Roman Catholic community outgrew the chapel of the Grassalkovich Hall that had been made uncomfortable by the increasing tourism. The old parish and the chapel of the hall couldn’t satisfy…
„We attended an international, invited design competition, among as well-known entrants as Közti, László Szász, Erick van Egeraat and NBBJ Architects from London. The interesting aspect was that it was NBBJ who designed the Telenor Headquarters in Fornebui (the Pannon’s…
The story of the church goes back the time before the end of the communist regime. There was a need to a church where the children can learn divinity and moral phylosophy but the realization was not without problems. architect:…
The gymnasium in Esztergom, designed by Tamás Karácsony and Péter Janesch, was built in 2002. architects in charge: Tamás KARÁCSONY, Péter JANESCH - Karácsony Építész Iroda Kft. cooperating architects: Péter KLOBUSOVSZKI, Márton KOVÁCS, Tibor SZALAI, Gábor ZOMBOR year of design/construction:…