Netizen Hotel/Hostel Athenaeum

The building is located in Budapest downtown, along a main traffic axis.

It was completed as a publishing and printing house in 1898. As result of the reconstruc-tion the facade values destroyed during World War II – the spear statue of the epony-mous Pallas Athena – were restored. The top floor mosaic pictures made by Miksa Róth have been also renovated.

The functional change covers the entire building without changing it’s floor area, structur-al and circulation system. The volume of the building was increased with the conversion of part of the attic into mechanical space.

The existing main staircase, as the most valuable part of the interior of the building, has been renovated in it’s original condition. The courtyard is covered by a modern, low-angle glass roof instead of the previous glass roof.

On the upper floors single-layer, heat-insulating glazed windows with the same decora-tion and color as the original were installed on the street facade, while plastic windows were installed in the inner courtyard. Two-storey aluminum portals were made on the facade overlooking the arcade.

The 434-bed Netizen Hotel / Hostel, operated by Russian investors, includes traditional hotel rooms and group accommodation with bunk beds.