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CZIGLER Győző élete és munkássága - The Life and CEuvre of Győző CZIGLER Kalmár Miklós

238 ü Ede Teles, József Róna, Miksa Róth, György Vastagh and Zsigmond Vajda.Győző Czigler participated in a large number of national architectural contests. In 1882 a tender was published by the support of the Association of Engineers and Architcts to design the “National Memorial Site", which he won. His concept was based on the site on Gellért Hill where the Citadel is today: this was the place he found ideal for the classical Greek-style Pantheon with a central hall topped with a cupola. In his award-winning designs of the houses of Parliament that he submitted for the contest Czigler integrated stylistic features of the Romanesque style. Named after Archduke Joseph, the TB Sanatorium (today: József Attila Sanatorium] was búit in Gyula (Sitka Street No. 1,1914) in an area surrounded by century-old trees but only completed after the death of the architect in 1914. Much like the building of the TB sanatorium in Budakeszi Road, this one also features surprising solutions in the architect's oeuvre. Similarly to his Neo-Renaissance and Neo- Baroque urban palaces, he sen­sitively referred to the function with the formation of the building. The complex containing single- and two-storey buildings s based on a pavilion system adjusting to its green surroundings in the contemporary style typical of the countryside, which was sort of Romantic. Its homogenuous plasterwork is interspersed with exposed brick details on the facade representing the historical style already rarely occurring at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries with an almost abstract conciseness. Whilst active abroad, Czigler remodelled the "Pázmáneum" seminar in Vienna (District IX, Boltzmanngasse No. 14, 1899-1900). Originally founded by Péter Pázmány in 1623, the building functioned as the seminar of Hungarian-related topics in the imperial town. In its present form, it was built by count Miklós Széchenyi bishop, the canon of Esztergom in the late 19th century. Its reconstruction and extension was completed in a short time (1899-1900). The Viennese environment suited Hansen's traditions that Czigler treated with respect. The strictness of the facade is only counteracted by some details of the main entrance with columns, arches and coat-of-arms referring to Pázmány. The building was visited by Franz Joseph I himself in 1901. Churches in the countryside that Czigler designed are found in Mezőkeresztes, Nagyráda, Verebély and Hajdúböszörmény, amongst others. The latter is a Calvinist one dated from the 15th century with a Baroque spire and painted coffered ceiling. Károly Gerster remodelled it between 1850 and 1867 only to be reconstructed in 1880-1882 after designs by Czigler, this time in Romantic style. The new Roman Catholic church of Munkács (today: Ukraine) was built in 1904-1905 based on Czigler's concept. In Sátoralja­újhely the Neo-Baroque-style King St Stephen's Roman Catholic parish church was erected after co-designed by Czigler and Ede Dvorák. A VÁSÁRCSARNOK METSZETE. BUDAPEST, V. KER., HOLD UTCA 13., 1897 THE MARKET HALL, BUDAPEST, DISTRICT V, HOLD STREET NO. 13, 1897

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