Prakfalvi Endre: Architecture of Dictatorship. The Architecture of Budapest between 1945 and 1959 - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

“Lotto" house

shortage remained unsolved.) The construction of detached houses in Budapest, on state-allotted plots issued in limited numbers and with the help of bank loans, began on Mártonhegyi út, on the southern slopes of Sasad, on Késmárki út in Csepel (for the employees of the Rákosi Mátyás Works) and elsewhere. Gábor Preisich, chief architect of Budapest, warned of the dangers of a “bricklayers’ style,” because “the thinking and tastes characterising the majority of the builders bear the marks of petty-bourgeois kitsch".

1957 started, once again, with reconstruction work. During the events of 1956, the buildings on the northern side of Rákóczi út had sustained severe damage and, due to the increased pedestrian traffic, the area of the EMKE was arcaded. By the end of the decade and while housing developments were being continued, other buildings had been completed, for example the office-block-cum-can- teen of the Drilling Rig Factory between Bihari utca and Fertő utca, district X (József Malomsoky). The aesthetically important apartment blocks which were built in the new, changing style were mostly raised on vacant plots between existing buildings. Most of them were on üllői út, such as No. 54-56 (Jenő Halászi), No. 60-62 (József Schall), No.

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