in the 18th century the classical late-baroque building was a significant depot of the grain transportation system via the Mosoni-Duna (river). During the decades before the rehabilitation the building hosted commerce facilities and archaeological storage spaces on its ground floor,…

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…

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…

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…

The new winery with the church and the chateau nearby has some historical surrounding, so the architects wanted to create something clear and fitting to the place. architects: Zsolt FÉLIX, Tamás FIALOVSZKY - Építész Stúdió Ltd.; collaborationg architects: Zsolt SZENDREI,…

„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 sport-center was built after a invitation ­only competition (other invitees were: MCXVI, Károly Kaszás, István Ferencz) - this major sports building in Budapest mutates its straightforward rectangular plan into a complex faceted copper roof-space. leading architects: Gábor TURÁNYI, Bence…

The project was developed as a part of the National Development Plan. SzéchenyiIstvánUniversity got 540 million forints of financial aid on the competition of the “Development of the Infrastructure of Services and Research in Higher Education” that was completed by…

On the occasion of the centenary of the Richter Gedeon's foundation Gábor Zoboki's architect office was commissioned for the facade-renovation of one of the factory's buildings, and in 2003 for creating image plans. The extension of the functions of the…

The old Budapest Sport Arena (1982), designed by István Kiss Ybl prize-winner architect, was burnt down on 15th, December, 1999. It was an iconic building, whose replacement was a difficult task. In the beginning, the designers wanted to make an…

The area of Lágymányosi bay began to transform after the great flood in 1838. Firstly, the shore was built which is located in the south from the Gellért-hill, that’s how the Lágymányosi-lake’s bay was born from the prolated Danube. In…

The new structure is furnished with rooms for educational activities, functions serving the wider town community. All these features clearly demonstrate the intention to create a cultural centre for the town and the whole Sásd microregion in the form of…

”...While designing the winery’s new buildings the owner considered it a primal aim that the built environment should reflect the high level expectations of creating wines and continue the architectural traditions of Badacsony.” architects: Péter KIS, Bea MOLNÁR - Atelier Péter…

The office centre is a brownfield investment in Váci Street, Budapest. The project was financially supported by the investmentfund of BSR and GLL Found. Szász László, leader architect of Stúdió’100 Kft. designed the seven-storey, „A” category office. The main specificity…

The Abbey Winery, which fits in the landscape and uses well the topography, designed by Czita Építésziroda Kft. in 2004 is located at the South-Eastern part of Szent Márton mountain in Pannonhalma. architects: Tamás CZIGÁNY, Györgyi TÓTH, Róbert PAPP -…

Pécs was elected to be the European Capital of Culture in 2010 and the construction of this building was one of the main projects for this period. They were calling for an architectural competition in 2007 to design a conference…

Designed by the Hungarian 3H architecture, the nickname of Red Audi became shortly „Poppy” because of its vivid red colour. architects: Katalin CSILLAG, Zsolt GUNTHER - 3H Architects year of design/construction: 2003/2003 photography: © Zsolt GUNTHER → see the building…

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,…

"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 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…

The site is near BAH-conjunction, the south-western gate of Budapest, along Alkotás utca. Those arriving from south and west - from the Transdanubian - first and truly encounter with the city in the BAH conjunction. Alkotás Point Office buildings and…

SZÁMALK Educational Center is situated in the XI. District of Budapest, on Mérnök Street, about 800 meters from the former building on Etele Street. The new educational center – that gives place certain parts of Gábor Dénes Főiskola (College) –…

Piarists is the oldest Catholic educational order. It started in Budapest at the beginning of the 18th Century. The building at this location wasdesigned by Dezső HÜLTL in 1917. It consisted of two wings, one at the Szabadsajtó street, the…

The Congregation House in Szandaszőlős was designed by SAGRA Architects, after winning an architectural competition in 2008. The design basically consists of three elements: the church, the congregation house with an office and a belfry. leading architect: Sajtos Gábor -…

In several plots of the area encircled by Dózsa György Street – Lehel Street –Szabolcs Street – Lőportár Street construction works are underway; new residential and office buildings are erected in the rapidly developing environment. For the regulation of the…

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…

„…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: ©…

At the end of 2008, the city of Győr called a national design competition for a new interactive exhibition center. The aim was to create a building that is able to represent the different fields of sciences, connecting closely to…

The Hungarocontrol Headquarters is the new center for the Hungarian Air Navigation Services. This is one of the most important non-religious buildings of Tamás Nagy. architect: Tamás NAGY - LINT Ltd. colaborating architects: Tamás Lévai, Viktória Simon, András Sipos, Gergely…

This small office building is in a densely constructed Budapest neighbourhood close to the Danube, where the streets are connected to blocks in a gappy way, there are alternating heights, as well as stylistically heterogeneous streetscapes. Our building relates and…

Kismegyer, a suburb of Győr, announced an invitational competition in 2004. The winner was Zsolt Gunther and Katalin Csillag, but after considering the difficulties of the development, Father Ferenc Bartok suggested the building of the 2nd prize plan of Mihály…

The new Hungarian Autoklub Headquarters can be found near to Újpest-Városkapu. The main architectural gesture was creating a representative-symbolic building with low-cost running expenses.City architectural aspects of the settling are that the site is located near to the new Danube…

The Palace of the Arts is the youngest multi-culural facility in Budapest, which gives place three different art forms: music, visual art and theater.In 2000 October the Danube Promenade Ldt. asked seven architects and architectural bureaus¹ to take part in…

The Boutique Hotel, on the corner of Szabadság Street and October 6th Street, is the very last work of Péter Reimholz. An existing building has undergone a fairly major reconstruction. The once was one-storeyed building became a four-storeyed one, with…

The village of Algyő is by the river Tisza, a few kilometers from Szeged. It is one of the wealthier villages in the country, there is big industrial park and also the MOL park in its lathe. In 2009 there…

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:…

An important part of the activity of the 3h architecture – also in theory and in practice – is to find a way to make the suburban and contemporary culture meet. One of the materialized examples is the building of…

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…

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…

Under the Tornyai János Cultural City rehabilitation program István Janáky jr. and György Janáky received the task to renew and complement with new features the Petőfi Cultural House of Hódmezővásárhely (now Ferenc Bessenyei Cultural Center), planned by their father, sen.…

In 2006 an open architectural competition was organised in the aim of touristical development in the Pannonhalma Archabbey. As a result the Visitor Center and Restaurant has been built in 2010. leading architects: Dick SIKKES, Éva ALBEL - Roeleveld-Sikkes Architects…

The school was built as a part of the village centre development project. Before the construction of the elementary school, a new bank office, and town’s hall was built at the new village centre, and since that a new kindergarten…

The Toldy Ferenc High School was founded by Emperor Joseph Francis, the neogothic-styled main building made of brick has been completed in 1859 after the plans of Petschnig János. The school’s main building had not contained a gym for hundreds…

Thanks to several funds from the European Union and some national sources like the Rural Development program for a New Hungary in the famous wine region of Somló a large-scale development has started in the last few years. As a…

After winning the national competition in 2002, Építész Stúdió got the opportunity to renew and expand the current city hall of Budakeszi in 2010. architects in charge: Benedek SÓLYOM, Tamás FIALOVSZKY - Építész Stúdió Ltd. interior design: Attila MAKK year…