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Reformed Church on Ildikó Square - Budapest

Ildikó square’s church is a five minute walk from Kelenföld train station and Etele square. The building appears unexpectedly from between the neighboring houses. It was built on a separate lot surrounded by three streets. The hexagonal shape is a…

By | 2015-06-06 | '80-'85, Buda, Budapest, sacred |

The building is in the middle of the campus of the Technical University of Budapest. With the partial remodeling of a forty-year-old laboratory house a new, more than 3000 m2 sportcentre was created. The development started in 2012, when the…

By | 2015-05-06 | '11-'15, Buda, Budapest, sport |

Lutheran church and home for the elderly - Békásmegyer

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.…

By | 2015-05-01 | '06-'10, '96-'00, sacred, accomodation |

The construction development of Csenger began in 1988 in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county led by the organization of MAKONA, the leading association of Hungarian organic architecture. The program dealt with the reconstruction of the central part of the city, and the goal…

By | 2015-04-30 | '91-'95, Csenger, Northern Plain, service |

The reconstruction and re-design of the city center (then: a village with 7000 inhabitants) started in 1988, an early and major work of the hungarian organic architectural movement, following the guidelines of Imre Makovecz. The whole process started with a…

By | 2015-04-30 | '91-'95, Csenger, sport |

The developer and his family, who invited Gábor U. Nagy to design for them for not the first time, as he designed and built the family house with the „H”-shaped plan in 2005-2006 for the family, that appieled to the…

By | 2015-04-29 | '11-'15, cultural, Őriszentpéter, service |

Societas Cordis Jesus Mother's Home - Budapest

The building developed from the 19th century. It became the property of the Heart of Jesus Nuns Association in the 1930’s. It was partly reconstructed according to their demands. It has been hit during the war. After the secularization it…

By | 2015-04-29 | '01-'05, Budapest, Pest, sacred, accomodation |

„…The spirit of the Wineyard suggests to all of us, that the place still belongs to Nature: we humans are mere guests.” leading architects: Péter GEREBEN, Balázs MARIÁN - Gereben Marián Építészek Kft. cooperating architects: Gergely ÁLMOS, Tamás MEZEY year of design/construction: 2012/2014 photography: ©…

By | 2015-04-29 | '11-'15, Northern Hungary, accomodation, service |

In 1985 an invitation based design competition was called to realize the county ranking József Katona library building, which was expanded to the nearby area civic design and architecture proposal too. The application and the commission were won by Peter…

By | 2015-04-22 | '91-'95, Kecskemét, cultural, education |

In Debrecen, the well-known historical town of Hungary, a national competition was held in 2003 to design new buildings of the Judicial Centre. Koller Studio won the competition, and in 2006 two buildings (the High Court of Justice, the Supreme…

By | 2015-04-18 | '01-'05, Debrecen, administration |

Extension of Csík Ferenc Elementary and High School - Budapest

The original school building is one of the last remains of the old Medve street – the place is full of stories, memories (writer László Németh was studying and teaching here); the addition is about preserving history. leading architect: Ferenc…

By | 2015-04-17 | '01-'05, Buda, Budapest, education |

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…

By | 2015-04-12 | '96-'00, Buda, Budapest, office |

Kékvölgy Waldorf Elementary School - Pilisszentlászló

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…

By | 2015-04-06 | '11-'15, Central Hungary, education, Pilisszentlászló |

In 2010 Pecs was one of the European Capitals of Culture, and as part of this, a priority project focussed on the renewal of public areas including Szathmary Palace. leading architects: Márton DÉVÉNYI, Pál GYÜRKI-KISS - Marp Kft. collaborating architects:…

By | 2015-03-20 | '06-'10, cultural, Pécs |

University Library and Conference Centre - Szeged

Before the opening of the facility the University didn’t have a central Library, just minor faculty libraries, which did not meet the requirements of the recently merged university. The city owned very few audience halls capable of accepting large audiences.…

By | 2015-03-20 | '01-'05, cultural, education, Szeged |

In Budapest, Ferencváros, at the corner of Liliom and Tűzoltó Street a former riding hall can be found, built between 1845-46 as part of the Maria Theresa Barrack. Until 2010 it stood there empty – after the BÁV company used…

By | 2015-03-19 | '06-'10, trade, Pest |

Erdőbénye is a small village in natural settings 50 kilometers east of Miskolc in the focus of the Tokaj wine region. This is where the Béres family bought the Lőcse estate in 2002. For the creation of the wine center…

By | 2015-03-19 | '01-'05, Northern Hungary, industrial, service |

“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…

By | 2015-03-18 | '96-'00, Hévíz, administration, West-Transdanubian |

The Winery of Sauska and Partners Ltd. - Villány

The most recent example in the contemporary architecture of the Hungarian wineries is the Winery of Sauska, designed by Peter Sugár. This is the second one beside his other winery in Tokaj, Tolcsva. The production of wine has several complicate…

By | 2015-03-16 | '06-'10, Southern Transdanubian, industrial, service |

The reconstruction of the turn of the century building of Primary School Pannonia and its expansion with contemporarily conceptualised two-storey gym wing is implemented by Archikon Ltd., with the lead designers Csaba Horváth and Balázs Nagy. leading architects: Csaba NAGY,…

By | 2015-03-08 | '06-'10, education, Pest |

In 2004 the City Council of Veszprém invited entries for a competition for the reuse of the old area of the old open air swimming pool. The two architects, Zsófia Csomay and György Nagy’s plans won and later they were…

By | 2015-03-07 | '06-'10, cultural, Veszprém |

Theoretical Medical Centre of Semmelweis University - Budapest

The building was realised following a national competition - it relates to the surrounding urban axises, the volumes and the elevations resemble to former site-borders. leading architects: Tamás NOLL, Attila MADZIN - M-Teampannon Kft; project architect: Máté HIDASNÉMETI; collaborating architects:…

By | 2014-08-26 | '06-'10, education, Pest |

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…

By | 2014-08-17 | '11-'15, Etyek, industrial |

Remodeling the Interior of the Benedictine Archabbey - Pannonhalma

The objective of this major renovation of its thirteenth-century basilica was the retuning of its interior to reflect contemporary patterns of liturgical use, whilst also recovering something of the spirit and spatial quality of the original architecture, lost amongst the…

By | 2014-07-22 | '11-'15, Pannonhalma, sacred |

Cultural Center and Secondary School - Balassagyarmat

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…

By | 2014-07-12 | '91-'95, Balassagyarmat, cultural, education |

Reformed Church on Ildikó Square - Budapest

BME Sports Centre - Budapest

Lutheran church and home for the elderly - Békásmegyer

Restaurant - Csenger

Sports Hall - Csenger

Dance barn - Őriszentpéter

Societas Cordis Jesus Mother's Home - Budapest

Wine Terrace and Spa - Eger

Katona József Library - Kecskemét

Judicial Centre - Debrecen

Extension of Csík Ferenc Elementary and High School - Budapest

MATÁV Headquarters (Telekom) - Budapest

Kékvölgy Waldorf Elementary School - Pilisszentlászló

Ruins of Szathmáry Palace - Pécs

University Library and Conference Centre - Szeged

ALDI, Tűzoltó street - Budapest

Béres Vineyards and Winery - Erdőbénye

City Hall - Hévíz

The Winery of Sauska and Partners Ltd. - Villány

Pannonia Primary School - Budapest

Völgyikút House - Veszprém

Theoretical Medical Centre of Semmelweis University - Budapest

Esterházy Etyeki Kúria Winery

Remodeling the Interior of the Benedictine Archabbey - Pannonhalma

Cultural Center and Secondary School - Balassagyarmat