Eight highlights from 360 Design Budapest 2024
Lamps made from repurposed sailcloth and cow-print chairs created using upcycled textiles were among the pieces shown at the fifth edition of design festival 360 Design Budapest. More
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Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella extend old ski lodge in Budapest
Hungarian practices Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella have revamped and extended the Normafa Ski Lodge restaurant in Budapest with the shingle-clad pavilion, which aims to evoke "the purity of a mountain hut". More
W Budapest hotel occupies 19th-century Drechsler Palace
Interior design studios Bowler James Brindley and Bánáti + Hartvig have transformed a 140-year-old neo-Renaissance building in central Budapest into the latest outpost from hotel chain W Hotels. More
Moholy-Nagy University addresses pressing social and environmental challenges
Promotion: sustainable design solutions, projects that explore the future of smart mobility, textile circularity and mycelium packaging are among the strategic initiatives set up by Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Budapest, Hungary. More
Sou Fujimoto creates House of Music in Budapest park "as a continuation of the natural environment"
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has completed a museum dedicated to music topped with an undulating roof punctuated by trees in Budapest's City Park. More
Béres Architects hides cabin on stilts in a Hungarian forest
This cabin in the Alpokalja forest near Kőszeg, Hungary, was entirely built on stilts as an isolated getaway that would harmoniously integrate with the surrounding trees. More
Design Without Borders launches vlog to showcase creative projects
Dezeen promotion: Budapest exhibition Design Without Borders is launching an online video series to present the work of artists and designers from the region and beyond, in lieu of an in-person event for 2021. More
"The most important thing is to increase green spaces" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the House of Hungarian Music museum by Sou Fujimoto and sharing their views on other top stories. More
Sou Fujimoto's House of Hungarian Music nearing completion in Budapest
A museum dedicated to music topped with an undulating roof that will be punctuated by trees designed by Sou Fujimoto is nearing completion in Budapest's City Park as part of the Liget Budapest Project. More
Robert Gutowski Architects designs minimal church interior in response to changes in modern worship
The Church of Pope John Paul II in Páty, Hungary, is a crescent-shaped building featuring skewed angles and whitewashed concrete that aims to turn "passive observers" into active participants of worship. More
Roman Plyus designs Buhairest bar in Hungary to look good on Instagram
A towering sculpture by Kaws and a graphic polka-dot print floor feature within this Budapest bar, which interior architect Roman Plyus has designed to be instantly Instagrammable. More
Red foam blocks turn cramped church room into a play space for kids
PRTZN Architecture has used upholstered foam blocks to transform a tiny room in a Hungarian church into a children's playroom. More
Snøhetta unveils masterplan for island-like student district in Budapest
A masterplan drawn up by architecture firm Snøhetta envisions an "island" neighbourhood for 12,000 students off the Danube river in south Budapest. More
"Infinite" spiralling staircases in Budapest captured in photography by Balint Alovits
Balint Alovits' photography series Time Machine features architectural staircases in Bauhaus and art deco-style buildings in Budapest, Hungary. More
Foster + Partners' Budapest tower will be built despite city's new skyscraper ban
Budapest is to introduce a ban on all buildings over 90 metres, but this will not impact Foster + Partners' plan to build a 120-metre-tall tower, which has already won planning permission. More
UNStudio designs major bridge for the Danube river in Budapest
Dutch studio UNStudio has won a competition to create a road, tram, cycle and pedestrian crossing over the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. More
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Foster + Partners unveils plans for Budapest's tallest building
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to create a sustainable office campus for a Hungarian oil and gas company, centred around a 28-storey skyscraper. More
O'Donnell + Tuomey uses "surgical strategy" to link new and old buildings of Budapest university
As part of a huge revamp of the Central European University, Irish architecture firm O'Donnell + Tuomey has added a new limestone-clad building to a street in downtown Budapest. More
Napur Architect wins Budapest museum contest with huge skateboard-ramp design
Hungarian firm Napur Architect has been selected ahead of BIG, OMA and Zaha Hadid Architects to design a major new museum in Budapest's City Park (+ slideshow). More
Bjarke, Rem and Zaha battle to join Sou Fujimoto and SANAA at Budapest museum park
BIG, OMA and Zaha Hadid Architects have all been shortlisted to design a major new museum in Budapest, which will be built alongside cultural buildings by SANAA and Sou Fujimoto. More