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Budapest Architecture City Guide: 15 Projects Tracing a Capital Built on Layers

Diogo Borges Ferreira — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:30:24 +0000

When Buda and Pest joined in 1873, the two parts formed a capital whose identity has since been tied to this balance between geography and urban order. From the riverbanks and thermal baths to imperial monuments and infrastructural works, Budapest's architecture carries the traces of these overlapping histories.

Puskás Aréna / KÖZTI Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0000

The most important aspect of our design concept has been the preservation and passing on of inherited values for future generations. A symbolic building of Budapest has been reborn; the geometric center of Puskás Aréna exactly coincides with that of the old, demolished Népstadion (People's Stadium, built in 1948-1953). This is the largest and most up-to-date multifunctional arena in Central Europe, which meets all the requirements for a 21st-century venue, nevertheless preserving the important characteristics of the iconic old building that Hungarians loved. Puskás Aréna was awarded Stadium of the Year in 2019 by the Stadium Database public voting.

Renovation and Extension of the Sipeki Balás Villa / Atelier dmb

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 05 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000

The project involves the renovation and extension of the Sipeki Balás Villa, designed by Hungarian architect Ödön Lechner between 1905 and 1907, with the addition of a new service building. The Hungarian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted inherited the property from the villa's original owner and has been using the house for nearly a century. The headquarters of the association is located in the villa, while the services are on the ground floor of the new extension, which also houses a 300-person event hall on the upper level.

Multidisciplinary Team Led by Coldefy Wins Masterplan to Transform Budapest Brownfield into Rewilded Urban District

Antonia Piñeiro — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

A team led by French architecture practice Coldefy, comprising CITYFÖRSTER, Sporaarchitects, TREIBHAUS.LAND, Marko & Placemakers has won the competition to design a masterplan for Rákosrendező in Budapest, with visualizations by ZOA Studio. The project is developed for the Budapest Capital Asset Management Centre, acting on behalf of the Municipality of Budapest. The design outlines a 15-year scheme to transform a brownfield site long regarded as the city's "rust belt," located on the eastern side of the Hungarian capital. The regeneration plan includes over 10,000 apartments, new transportation links, and commercial and civic spaces, forming a comprehensive urban redevelopment strategy aligned with 15-minute city principles.

Beyond the Classroom: Six Unbuilt Projects Rethinking Educational Architecture

Nour Fakharany — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Educational architecture remains an exploratory ground for unbuilt exploration, offering insight into how learning environments can evolve alongside changing social, ecological, and pedagogical values. In this Unbuilt edition, submitted by the ArchDaily community, the selected projects bring together a range of proposals that examine schools, libraries, nurseries, and academic centers as spatial frameworks for care, knowledge, and collective growth. Rather than treating education as a fixed program housed within singular buildings, these projects approach learning spaces as adaptive environments shaped by landscape, climate, and human interaction.

Bartok Rooftop / Théque Atelier

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000

The duplex apartment takes place in a 130-year-old historic building in the old town of South Buda. Through the century, this is the fourth layer of renovation on this home, this time an expansion to the attic that doubles the net area.

Vizafogó Kindergarten Budapest / Archikon Architects

Hana Abdel — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +0000

General description - The kindergarten is located close to the river Danube, surrounded by a ten-story block of flats from the socialist prefabricated housing program. While preserving the existing prefabricated two-story kindergarten building from the 1980s, this modernization and expansion have given the kindergarten a new and integral identity. The rooms were expanded towards the original courtyard, and a covered, wooden outdoor playground was added in the front. The building opens up under the new roof's outline to compensate for the shut and rigid environment of the prefabricated panel blocks.

How Will BIM 2.0, AI Assistance, and Integrated Workflows Shape the Architect’s Design Experience?

Enrique Tovar — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 02:30:00 +0000

When architects are still students, a moment often marks a turning point: their first encounter with software. It's not just about learning a tool but discovering a space where ideas transcend physical models, taking shape in a digital environment and beginning a relationship many will carry throughout their careers. What happens next? Software keeps evolving, and with it, the design experience. In recent years, this evolution has accelerated—machine learning, AI, prompts, and integrated workflows have moved from the periphery to the core of design practice, becoming part of the shared language between software and users. As these tools take hold, a key question emerges: How will this reshape our experience of designing architecture in the future?

Lake 11 Home & Park / Coldefy + DDS

Andreas Luco — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 21:00:00 +0000

French architecture studio Coldefy in collaboration with Demeter Design Studió (DDS) has completed the first phase of housing at Lake 11 Home & Park, a major new lakeside residential development at the picturesque edge of Budapest's 11th district.

Gyöngyszem Kindergarten / Archikon Architects

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Hungary's first smart kindergarten is transformed from a prefabricated panel structure with sustainable solutions. Built in the late 1970s, the 10-story prefabricated apartment blocks on Gyöngyösi Street surround a tree-lined green promenade with small-scale retail buildings, a nursery, a kindergarten, and a school, including Gyöngyszem Kindergarten. The existing building was a single-story, flat-roofed, prefabricated paneled house with a central corridor.

BIVAK Studio Designs the Hungarian Architecture Center and Museum

Reyyan Dogan — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:30:00 +0000

The Hungarian Architecture Center and Museum, designed by BIVAK Studio in collaboration with Tér és Forma Szeged Építéstervező Ltd., has received its building permit, paving the way for construction to begin. Located at the corner of Városligeti Fasor and Bajza Street in Budapest, Hungary, the project aims to establish a cultural and professional hub within an urban context. The proposal was selected as the winning entry in an international two-round open design competition, organized by the Hungarian Academy of Arts, held in December 2023.

Corvinus Gellert Campus / PLANT – Atelier Peter Kis

Valeria Silva — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Budapest Corvinus University, Hungary's oldest institution dedicated to economics, is located on the Pest side of Budapest in beautiful 19th-century buildings. The university had long aspired to expand with a modern building, but this wasn't feasible within the dense urban fabric of Pest. Finally, the former State Administration College on the opposite bank of the Danube, within easy walking distance, was selected for redevelopment. Recycling the existing structure allowed the building to be constructed economically, sustainably, and in a forward-thinking spirit, resulting in one of the country's most advanced university buildings.

National Athletics Stadium Hungary / NAPUR Architect

Hana Abdel — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The National Athletics Stadium was established on behalf of the Hungarian State as the starting building for the long-term urban design of the Budapest South City Gate development. The stadium was designed by NAPUR Architect Kft., the winner of the design competition. The construction was carried out by the construction consortium ZÁÉV Zrt. – Magyar Építő Zrt.

Danubio Budapest Building / T2.a Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Designed by T2a Architects and completed recently on the site of a former river gravel pit on the banks of the Danube in Budapest, the Danubio residential building responds to the unique urban and natural environment, partially overriding the rules of Budapest real estate developers, and realizes a concept that treats sustainability not only as a slogan but also revives many pre-existing but now forgotten architectural solutions and recreates them in a modern, timeless form.

Ski House / Hetedik Müterem + Studio Konstella

Valeria Silva — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The protected local heritage, Normafa Ski House was built between 1930-1931. Preserving the unity of the main facade and the building’s mass, the restaurant function was planned according to the layout of the original interior spaces.

BBU Library And Student Center / Gereben Marián Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000

The campus of the Budapest Business University is located in a residential and educational area of Budapest, characterized by housing blocks and a suburban layout. The majority of the residential and educational buildings in this area were built post-war, and are distributed within an intensive green space reminiscent of an urban park, which lends this mixed-use environment a distinct atmosphere.

New Educational Building for Semmelweis University - Faculty of Health Sciences / Studio Fragment

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 03:00:00 +0000

Sol omnibus lucet - The Sun shines for all. Semmelweis University is a leading institution of higher education in Hungary and the Central European region within the area of medicine and health sciences. In 2016 the Faculty of Health Sciences launched a design competition for an extension to a locally listed educational building dated from the early 1900s. The aim was to create seminar rooms, demonstration rooms, and 2 large lecture halls. The open competition was won by Studio Fragment. The site stretches between two streets in the so-called „palace quarter” of Budapest. The neighborhood contains palatial maisons, as well as important cultural and educational institutions mainly built in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

House of Music, Budapest / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Hana Abdel — Sun, 28 May 2023 17:00:00 +0000

The House of Hungarian Music, in the heart of the City Park of Budapest, is not only a museum but a larger vision encompassing past and future, people and culture, nature, and the sciences of music. It is not about displaying but inviting in, going away from simple contemplation to suggest participation and interactions. The essence of sound and music, hearing, can be brought in much deeper ways. Away from the conventional exhibition spaces, classrooms, or event halls, we chose to let architecture cradle the visitors along their way. With no clear path, pedestrians meander around the museum, as they would do around the park, invading the space like a continuous flow whose intensity varies along with the days, just as sound permeates space, bouncing around surfaces, running along the walls.