Fabó Beáta - Gall, Anthony: I came from the East to a City of Great Palaces. Károly Kós, the early years 1907-1914 (Budapest, 2013)
Kós' First Steps as an Independent Architect
Original sketch designs Magyar Építőművészet, 1936.1. Western facade, with No. 10, by Dezső Zrumeczky, no date. private collection Southern and western facades, after 1926 private collection This is how the work, which was new to me, began at a rather hectic pace, so that by the Christmas of 1912 some of the buildings - planned by the younger generation of architects (I can now recall Dezső Zrumeczky and Zoltán Tornallyai by name) - were completed according to plans, which had been submitted and approved in time. As for how the construction work of the Wekerle estate concluded, 1 do not know, because since leaving this useful and instructive area of my work, I never saw it again...’ KdrolyK°s'letter to József Kerényi, 27* November, 1974.. The design of the main square, as made by Kós, relied on and developed the structure of medieval Transylvanian cities. He bridged over some of the roads arriving in the square with gate-like structures, which resulted in a stronger sense of enclosure. While the scale and dimensions of the individual buildings was uniform, diversity was granted by the actual formulation of the houses, designed by different architects - a method agreed to by Kós himself. The middle of the square was meant to be occupied by a large community centre surrounded by a park. The whereabouts of the original designs are unknown. 11 Site plan - concept, 1912. Whereabouts of the original unknown. Magyar Építőművészet, 1936.1. ■ The Kós bridge from outside the square private collection 173
