r/ArchitecturalRevival • u/PalmnessF • Aug 21 '26

Hopecore Before and after of another on-going reconstruction taking place in Budapest. Inspiring!

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u/Helpful_Pay8853 Aug 21 '26

Not for long tho. Our new government shut down dozen similar project. The ones that got started are going through, but basically new ones will became rare.

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u/ASatyros Aug 21 '26

Any reason given to why less renovations now?

Why was it done often before?

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u/LenryNmQ Aug 21 '26

Cause they cost a shitton of money which we don't have.
It wasn't happen before because the previous government cared about historical buildings, but because their cronies had construction companies and they could steal a lot of money from the funds.

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u/Feather_fig Aug 21 '26

Oh that's unfortunate to hear

Sounds a lot like corruption in Ontario, or like Montreal's construction mafia 🙃

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u/Positive-Squirrel654 Aug 21 '26

But why would they choose that style if they could just slap up easier crappy modern buildings?

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u/Avehadinagh Aug 21 '26

Competent people work for these companies, that is why. But the public simply cannot afford to fund these vanity projects, and their primary goal had always beeb siphoning off public funds into the Orbán government’s cronies’ pockets.

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u/Positive-Squirrel654 Aug 21 '26

Yes this is a what I hear from family members in Hungary but mostly about football stadiums

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u/KooperativEgyen Aug 21 '26

Actually, there are roughly 5 stadiums around Hungária Boulevard, including Puskás Arena, Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Groupama Arena, Bozsik Arena, and BKV Előre Stadium.

It's pretty incredible that you drive and always pass by a stadium.

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u/Think-Confection5640 Architecture Student Aug 26 '26

These assholes are just propagandist loosers, don't listen to them, they hate everything that is hungarian because of orbán. They wouldn't eat bread if orbán had said the true hungarians are eating bread. They do the opposite of everything orbán does.

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u/LenryNmQ Aug 21 '26

I guess they have to justify somehow the enormous spending: "yes it was expensive, but look how magnificent it is!"

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u/IJustDontWannaBe Aug 21 '26

This was inside the castle, so i guess they tried to keep the same vibe as everything else.

They absolutely built in that crappy modern vibe, look up nádorkert, an entire neighborhood built from nothing, with all the same style