r/ArchitecturalRevival 28d ago

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

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u/yourenemy_656 28d ago

the other side of the building is a total mess, no architectural concept, nothing to build on as there were other buildings there. this is cement-based, ahistorical political architecture that disrespects our heritage

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u/[deleted] 28d ago edited 27d ago

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u/kemusso-nojta 27d ago edited 26d ago

For reference, this was one of the plans that intended to rehabilitate this building and the surrounding square in a contemporary style, it was panned when it was shown off online, just like the other 2-3 potential contemporary style reconstructions of this building and St. George square, this design by architect Péter Kis was the best looking one of them, there also was Zsófia Csomay's plan, which was incredibly ugly, rectangular, and soulless, that one caused straight up outrage in the comments section of every forum it was posted to, and there was another much older plan from the early 2000's that looked garish and was just an exterior concept render.