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The house for the track renewal train, or a garage for that matter, has all basic architectural elements: structural elements, volume, skin and above all, its function. This type of building, usually not designed by architects, offers interesting design challenges. Typical elements of the railway have been used in the design. Repetition of evenly distributed elements like railway sleepers and the dynamics of railway switches are revealed in the facade. Hot-dip galvanized elements of steel are used, a material which is so historically typical for the railway infrastructure. The train house does not want to be an ordinary building. The semi-transparent

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10 to 15 years ago, the topic of mobility gained momentum in the Hungarian contemporary architecture. Many young architects realized that a major task of the next generation of architects, engineers and urban designers will be the redefinition and reshaping of the existing urban infrastructure. Architecture and mobility will have implications not only on the traffic systems and means of transport of the 21st century; they will have an impact on social spaces or public parks as well.

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The school of Serbian language and culture, including a hostel, is located in Valjevo, a small city in Western Serbia. The building is situated on one of the hills of the wider city center, among private houses of similar or smaller volume. In order to meet the clients' needs for diverse space types but also to adequately correspond to the surrounding ambience, the architecture of the object is designed as a quiet neighbor who also uses all the benefits of the location to realize different spatial qualities.

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«To create the right conditions for the use of public space is an indispensable part of the rehabilitation of existing residential quarters, in which most of the city population lives.» The Community centre Máj is located in the biggest 1980s mass-housing settlement in České Budějovice, an ethnically and socially mixed neighborhood. With an increased concentration of the Roma population, the district has been the site of tension and several riots.

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This house is located in the Pribylovo village, situated on the inner Vyborg gulf shore, on a regular flat site facing the sea in the North and touching the water edge. Due to local law and the site restrictions, the house had to be built in the back of the plot, on a rather small area. Inspiration for observing the sea, along with the site restrictions, formed a compact, three-leveled house.

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Located in the settlement of Kampos, at the Cycladic island of Paros, this house is enhanced by the sublime rural landscape that surrounds it, which consists of cereal fields, small vineyards and olive groves. Inside the house and throughout the year, will reside a 5 member family. This situation entails a living organization unlike the making of a simple holiday home. During the design process, particular emphasis was given to the analysis of local characteristics and conditions, such as direct contact with nature and outdoor living, the strong light of Cyclades and wind. These here greatly contributed to the design of the

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