Földes Mária: Ornamentation - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)

NO. 8 VÁCI UTCA, APARTMENT BUILDING, GABLE DECORATION

still mirrors the attitude, which required a high degree of skill and a painstaking attention to detail, not only in the various arts, but in each phase of the construction process.

Before the following building we shall have to make a small detour to Kristóf tér. The simplicity and calm of the way the facade of the building at no. 6 (Kutnevszky house) is articulated, its even surface and the reserve of its ornamentation all point towards the aspirations of modern architecture. The two slightly protruding side- projections are delineated from the surrounding surfaces of plaster by a stone covering of a different colour. Above the triple windows there are one-figure reliefs to finish the sides. The central section of the facade is accentuated by a relief with several figures above the cornice on the pediment and the gable. Every sculptural decoration relates to hunting. Various branches of hunt23