Batay-Csorba Architects

Batay-Csorba Architects (BCA) is an architecture and interior design studio that combines research and practice to create progressive projects across all scales. What our projects have in common is a desire to create something extraordinary. Whether a home, a coffee shop, a ballet school, a museum or a skyscraper, our projects all start with a critical eye, a question of “what if” and a curiosity to explore. Our projects are never alike, being less about formulaic style and more about restless innovation, boundary pushing and spontaneity. At BCA, we are committed to architecture as a place where ideas find expression. Our work evolves through exploration; distilling context, client aspirations, historical reference, typology, and materiality into a personal narrative that conveys a clear project vision and tells a story. We work with our clients to understand both their pragmatic requirements as well as their aspirations, to translate these into architectural forms and experiences. We challenge premeditated ideas about function and performance. We rethink standard typologies in search for improved alternatives. We explore movement and materiality to create intensified, pronounced—even ornamental—elements designed with a meticulous and purposeful in-your-face refinement. We look for spatial opportunities to evoke positive sensory responses such as joy, delight, and pleasure derived from the smallest details to grand spaces and experiences. We employ volume, geometry, light, scale, materials, and texture, to create spaces with mood and atmospheric effects that create an emotional experience. This design process results in engaging, expressive, and dynamic spaces that are original and unique, as exemplified in our diverse collection of contemporary work.