2024-12-11T17:02:10-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/134566201/the-fascinating-diy-architecture-of-these-hungarian-summer-houses-brings-back-childhood-memories Alexander Walter 2015-08-18T12:38:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/tn/tn0y15ofazk87asi.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>One of the strangest places in Hungary lies beside the Tisza River in a village called Gergelyiugornya. Hugged by a bend in the river, it&rsquo;s a relatively narrow, woody flood basin area packed with small cottages that show an incredibly wide variety of architectural designs and creativity. [...] Most of these houses were built in the 80s, when the workers of socialist Hungary were allowed to build for themselves on small plots of land.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/nu/nus3ctemoc6kaugz.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/1v/1vnv0kgp0bycjsv8.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/iv/ivgbejxcig6pispu.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/aa/aa279cwgee2wt95t.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/1q/1qjjqqkh4ci11vdu.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/c6/c652239gtpynezmt.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/c2/c2xun6nkvod6xqfa.jpg"></p><p>All photos by Attila Nagy. Head over to <a href="http://gizmodo.com/the-incredible-and-bizarre-diy-cabins-of-the-tisza-rive-1723644735" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gizmodo</a> to continue the architectural walking tour through Gergelyiugornya village and discover more goodies.</p>