Faurest, Kristin: Ten spaces - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2010)

Kós Károly tér

■ Detail oh a house near Kós Károly tér

revered architects. In much the same way Béla Bartók developed music at once modern and profoundly rooted in a specifically Hungarian ethnic- cultural tradition, so did Kós construct a boldly new, specifically-Hungarian form of architectural identity. He did this by drawing upon the folk art and architectural traditions of Transylvania, especially Kalotaszeg, and by blending them with new design sensibilities and a wealth of other motifs, produced an aesthetic on par with any other European turn-of-the-century Secessionist movements. After the First World War and the Treaty of Trianon, he returned to his native land — by then part of Romania — where he continued to play an influential cultural role.

The square is formed by eight axial streets. It’s closed on one side by Béla Heintz's 1930 Catholic church. The buildings at number 2 and 3 were also designed by Kós, as was the eastern gate. The police headquarters, built in

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