In November 2025, two major Hungarian architectural periodicals presented the work of Barna Kovács-D., lecturer at the Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering. The villa he designed and realized received attention both in OCTOGON and in régi-új Magyar Építőművészet (old-new Hungarian Architecture).

The review in OCTOGON was written by Domonkos Wettstein, a noted researcher of the Balaton region’s architecture. He emphasized that the guiding principle of the design was the reinterpretation of a landscape-anchored way of living in a contemporary architectural language. The free-standing house, built for a family returning to Hungary from Norway, follows a traditional gabled massing, organized into a T-shaped plan with an open timber roof structure above the shared living space. Its street façade remains introverted, while the rear elevation opens towards the garden with porches and semi-open transitional spaces that reinforce the connection to nature.

In régi-új Magyar Építőművészet, the building was introduced by the architect himself, who contextualized it within his doctoral research. Published under the title The Tradition of Deconstruction, the article frames the villa as a contemporary reading of fundamental elements of Hungarian vernacular architecture.

The professional reception of the project is further indicated by the fact that METSZET, a Q3-ranked journal, will also publish the house in an upcoming 2026 issue.