Armuth Miklós - Lőrinczi Zsuzsa (szerk.): A Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Történeti Campusa (Budapest, 2023)

A Könyvtár épülete - The Library Building Gy. Balogh Ágnes

all the exterior sculptural details of the library building, as well as those of the same time built Technical Mechanics, Mechanical Technology and Engineering Laboratory. The Budapest-based Porcelain Fayence Manufactory RT of Zsolnay submitted its budget for the interior "tile faceworks" on March 2nd, 1907. Their final invoice for the wall panellings bears the date December 31st, 1909. (In 1895 the Pécs-based Zsolnayfactory purchased the majority of the shares of its chief rival, Fischer's porcelain and maiolica factory in Budapest, which was being liquidated then, and then the company now named Budapest Zsolnay's Porcelain Fayence Factory Co. moved to its new premises in Zugló, District XIV, Budapest. The roof of this building is wrapped in Zsolnay's glazed tiles. Tiling was done by János Dobai tiler and thatcher master of the imperial and royal court, tinworks - including the ridge turret - by plumber and tinner János Bründl's sanitary and technical equipment factory, a supplier of the imperial and royal court. The imposing windows of the library building do credit to Miksa Róth, who was

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DÉLI HOMLOKZAT, ÉS A RAKTÁRI SZÁRNY KERESZTMETSZETE, 1905

SOUTH ELEVATION AND SECTION OF THE STORAGE WING, 1905