A Touch of Superstar Architecture in Budapest

A Touch of Superstar Architecture in Budapest
Though a few years ago, ING has attempted to connect its housing investments with the names of star-architects, but none was inclined to follow his example until the recent appearance of Orco Property Group.

While ING has achieved considerable success with its headquarters on Andr�ssy Street - the main fa�ade of which was reconstructed to its eclectic glory, while the back was turned into a glass-wall slanting at a reverse angle - and its second, more radical office-building with its waving silver facade, built by Eric van Egeraat, it could not hold on for long against the strength of Hungarian architects' lobby.

The complete metamorphosis of the old socialist office building into a modern office building stuck under a glass jar, on V�r�smarty Square was announced under the name of French architect Jean Paul Viguier, but he was soon replaced by Gy�rgy Fazakas, the Hungarian architect responsible for the huge, stocky office-blocks next to �rp�d-bridge.

In the search for the designer of the latest ING-project in Buda, only Hungarian architects came into account - eventually the task went to J�zsef Finta, the designer of the original building that was to be replaced on the site.