Hello Wood builds Budapest Christmas tree from 5000 pieces of firewood
Hungarian architecture studio Hello Wood has created an 11-metre-high Christmas tree for a square in central Budapest from 15,000 kilograms of wooden logs (+ movie). More
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Cavernous Budapest metro stations feature concrete lattice overhead
Criss-crossing concrete beams brace the excavated walls of two new stations that have been added to the metro network in Budapest by local studio Spora Architects. More
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Long Brick House by Foldes Architects accommodates a 17-metre-long bookshelf
This long and narrow brick house outside Budapest, by Foldes Architects, integrates a 17-metre-long library wall that accommodates the owners' expansive book collection (+ slideshow). More
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Budapest cafe with vaulted brick ceilings by Spora Architects
Following our earlier story about a tea house in Prague, here's another cafe with vaulted ceilings by Hungarian studio Spora Architects, in a two-hundred-year-old former palace in Budapest (+ slideshow). More
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Christmas tree made from sledges
The 365 wooden sledges used to construct this Christmas tree in Budapest by Hungarian designers Hello Wood will be given to a local children's charity following the festive period (+ movie). More
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Spar supermarket displays groceries between curved wooden ribs
Dutch supermarket Spar's flagship store in Budapest features a series of undulating wooden forms through its interior by local firm LAB5 architects (+ slideshow). More
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Renovation of the Rácz Thermal Bath by Budapesti Műhely
Hungarian studio Budapesti Műhely has restored the interior of one of Budapest's oldest bathhouses by replacing the vaulted walls of the warm water hall and shower room, leaving the bubble-shaped backs exposed (+ slideshow). More
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Nanushka Beta Store
Six architecture students have created a temporary fashion store in Budapest with a billowed canvas canopy and a sliced firewood floor. More
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Emmental Stairs by Biljana Jovanovic
With its circular perforations, this staircase in a Budapest house by Croatian architect Biljana Jovanovic resembles a wedge of Swiss cheese. More
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Fővám tér by Spora Architects
This underground railway station with criss-crossing concrete beams is by Hungarian firm Spora Architects and currently under construction in Budapest. More
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Goldberger by Tervhivatal
Hungarian architects Zsanett Benedek and Dániel Lakos of Tervhivatal have divided an office in Budapest in the loft of a former textile factory by building boxes. More
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CET Budapest by ONL
Architects ONL (Oosterhuis Lénárd) have designed a whale-shaped building between two existing warehouses on the banks of the river Danube in Budapest, Hungary. More
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New York Residence by Iosa Ghini Associati
Milan-based architects Iosa Ghini Associati have designed an extension to a hotel in Budapest, Hungary, called New York Residence. More
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Budapest City Hall by Erick van Egeraat
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has won a competition to design a new city hall for Budapest, Hungary. More
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Zaha Hadid in Budapest
Zaha Hadid has designed a landmark building for Szervita Square in the historic centre of Budapest, Hungary (via www.hg.hu). More
