Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 29. (Budapest, 2013)

Imre TAKÁCS: The Upgrade Programme for the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts

8. The cupola of the Museum of Applied Arts in November 1956, photo: Archives of the Museum of Applied Arts

the central cupola threatened to fall down and had to be removed. All of the loose adornments had to be taken down from the roof and the walls. This deprived one of the emblems of Hungarian architectural history of its visual integrity. The spectacle of decay projected by the museum became painful for anybody committed to culture (Fig. 9). The pressing need for the whole building to be reconstructed, inside and out, was no longer in dispute. The Hungarian government decided to act, and in late 2011 passed a resolution enabling the design phase to start and a detailed programme for the museum’s future to be drawn up. The first stage was an interna9. The facade of the Museum of Applied Arts from the courtyard, 2013

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