Fabó Beáta - Gall, Anthony: I came from the East to a City of Great Palaces. Károly Kós, the early years 1907-1914 (Budapest, 2013)
Table of contents
The Art of Károly Kós (Mihály Vargha)...........................................................................................................7 The fate of the Károly Kós architectural heritage at the Budapest Zoo (Prof. Dr. Miklós Persányi)........9 The history of an exhibition (Dr. István kenyeres).................................................................................11 Foreword...........................................................................................................................................................................13 A view from afar ..........................................................................................................................................................14 Kós Károly - the early years, 1907-1914....................................................................................................18 Influences........................................................................................................................................................................23 Transylvania, Kalotaszeg/Tara Cälatei Region ......................................................................................25 Impressions of his travels throughout Transylvania, Summer 1907...........................................36 Impressions of towers...............................................................................................................................................38 Kós and Budapest.........................................................................................................................................................40 University years, 1904-1907...................................................................................................................................44 ‘The Young Ones’ - a group of university students...............................................................................46 The Onset of Kós' Career.........................................................................................................................................50 Encountering Finnish Architecture...............................................................................................................52 Kós' first steps as an independent architect........................................................................................55 Kós’ first realised design, The house of his parents in kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca, 1907-1908 ...56 The Roman Catholic Church of Zebegény, 1908-1909............................................................................62 The Calvinist Parsonage and Prayer Hall of Óbuda, Budapest, 1908...........................................66 Municipal Zoological and Botanical Garden, 1907-1912 ..................................................................71 The history of the construction of the Budapest Zoo (Olivér Perczel) .................................71 A BREATH OF TRANSYLVANIAN AIR IN BUDAPEST ................................................................................................87 Farmyard and Poultry Run ....................................................................................................................................92 Bird house.........................................................................................................................................................................96 Pheasant house...........................................................................................................................................................106 Ostrich house..............................................................................................................................................................110 Norwegian house.......................................................................................................................................................111 Crocodile house.........................................................................................................................................................112 Monkey house..............................................................................................................................................................114 Small rodents house................................................................................................................................................118 Squirrel house.............................................................................................................................................................121 Kangaroo house.........................................................................................................................................................122 Deer house.....................................................................................................................................................................124 Buffalo and bison house.......................................................................................................................................126 Giraffe and zebra house.......................................................................................................................................128 Large carnivores house ........................................................................................................................................130 Dairy pavilion ..............................................................................................................................................................132 Castle ruins..................................................................................................................................................................133 Other structures and buildings......................................................................................................................134 Unrealised projects..................................................................................................................................................135 Commissions in Marosvásárhely/Tárgu Mures and Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca.......................136 Crow Castle: The home Károly Kós built...................................................................................................138 Life in Crow Castle...................................................................................................................................................140 The family of Károly Kós......................................................................................................................................146 Primary School and Kindergarten in Városmajor, Budapest..........................................................148 Sepsiszentgyörgy/Sfántu Gheorghe................................................................................................................152 The Székely National Museum in Sepsiszentgyörgy/Sfántu Gheorghe....................................154 Houses for the Museum staff.............................................................................................................................170 The Wekerle garden estate in kispest............................................................................................................172 The Calvinist church in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca.................................................................................174 Later work in Sepsiszentgyörgy/Sf. Gheorghe........................................................................................176 Epilogue...........................................................................................................................................................................178 Appendices .....................................................................................................................................................................180 Table of contents
