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The capital contains about 1.7 million inhabitants. The city straddles the river Danube and is the largest in East-Central Europe and the seventh largest in the European Union. It is the biggest city in the central eastern European country. It formed in 1873 when Buda and Óbuda unified with Pest on the other side of the Danube.
Our top recommendation for a visit is the Paris Court building renovation by KROKI and architecture studio ARCHIKON, followed by the modern Magyar Autóklub – Hungarian Autoklub Headquarters.
Key historical buildings include the Aquincum museum and ruin garden, Buda Castle, Castle Vajdahunyad, Fishermen’s bastion, Former Institute of Ballett (Dreschler Palace). Also worth visiting is the fascinating historical Citadel on the Gellért Hill.
Design: SANAA, architects. Based on submitted competitive projects and negotiations with architecture studios, the New National Gallery will be built in the Vársoliget to the design by internationally renowned Japanese SANAA architects studio.
Liget Budapest, the Hungarian capital’s large scale museum quarter project that aspires to create a unique cultural and family park through the complex development and renewal of Budapest’s City Park has been finally given the green light.
Facing to a significant complexity of the site, the project assumed a simple and effective resolution of the major issues. A detail analysis of the site added to a thorough study of the urban structure has allowed us to understand how this urban space has been built. The group Fine Arts Museum / Heroes’ square / Art Gallery have the same composition. Each of the museums finally constitutes an urban gateway of an urban space overlooking the heart of the Park Városliget.
Two world renowned architect offices ranked first in the international architectural design competition announced for the New National Gallery–Ludwig Museum.
Design: Stefano Corbo Studio
The proposal aims to turn the City Park into one of the most important museum areas of the world: nature and architecture will coexist in a unique and vibrant environment.
The open, international design competition aimed at the implementation of the buildings to be constructed in Városliget was put out jointly by City Park Property Development Zrt. in conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
Architect: Schön Architects, Lead Architect: Sandor Duzs/ArkTOON. With a mixed use neighbourhood needing modern and design-led office space, a dynamic and forward thinking construction company as a client and an eye catching landmark hoped for; a simple, honest and abstract way to achieve the aim was to cut off a slice from the space around
Design: Architema Ltd
The residence is located in the suburban area of Budapest. Built on a plot that offers a spectacular panorama and steeply slopes on the north side. The beauty of the bright white villa lies in the exciting geometrical shapes and the exceptional high quality of construction. Yet the modest style are far from being common architectural solutions. The asymmetrically structured facades with their vast glazed surfaces, and the vertically shifted roof levels make both the building and the interior spaces characteristic.
Tulipán Street Buda, Hungary design by Ferdinand and Ferdinand Architects – images of Tulipán Street house, Hungarian home architecture
Nepsziget is a fully integrated mixed use Development with high aspirations. It draws from the cultural heart of the city of Budapest and projects an optimistic future for this historic city. The Development will feature office, residential and commercial accommodation and include a vast range of amenities, from new shopping areas and leisure developments to cultural and public spaces
Budapest Városháza Forum, Hungary design by Erick van Egeraat Architect – Városháza Forum, modern Hungarian city hall building images, news
Erick van Egeraat has won the international competition to design the City Hall in the centre of Budapest. From a field of 18 participants, an international professional jury selected his proposal, which combines restoration of the existing 18th century baroque building and new, futuristic wings to create a contemporary Main Square.
Before the turn of the year, Erick van Egeraat has won a new masterplanning project in Canning Town London (UK), a mixed-use project in Metz (France) and two architectural awards for his realised projects in Budapest (Hungary)