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PECZ Samu élete és munkássága - The Life and CEuvre of Samu PECZ Gy. Balogh Ágnes

these plans he had the opportunity to put into practice his principles of Potestant ecclesiology that he had outlined in his article earning him the Holtán Prize. Thus he evolved the floor-plan of this church from a regular pentagon, positioning the main entrance on one side of it by integrating a short nave. He set the pulpit in the corner opposite the main entrance and the Lord's table in the centre of the church. The whole furnishing was also made after designs by Pecz. Considering its details, this building is yet another work in early Gothic style representing the master's unique architectural manner with stone details and elevations of red unfired bricks. The roof of the church is clad in colourful tiles made by the Zsolnay factory in Pécs.

In 1893 Samu Pecz designed Széky Palace in Széchenyi Square (today: Mihai Viteazul tér, Piata Mihai Viteazul) in Kolozsvár (today: Cluj Napoca, Romania) in Gothic style with

a facade carved from stone.

One of the most magnificent works of Samu Pecz, the Central Market Hall of Budapest was built between 1894 and 1896. The architect received this commission from the Municipal General Assembly as the winner of the international design competition advertised in 1892. The conditions defined that the hall building had to have an iron structure for fire preventition, safety and economical reasons.To meet these criteria, Pecz designed a clearly logical and transparent spatial system with a graceful structure: the nave bridged by lattice struts to span of 20 metres is flanked by six lower sideaisles with a perpendicular ridge on both sides. Because of the terrain the flooring of the building is slanting, which necessitated the iron pillars of the hall to be designed with various heights. The riveted beams and the iron arches of the ground-floor side-aisles all vary in size and design. Designing the structures was quite a chat- lenge because a railway line had to be installed in the hall. The proximity of the River Danube was another important concern when laying the foundations of the building and insulating it against ground water: this is why a one-metre thick concrete központi vásárcsarnok, Budapest, ix. kér., fővám tér, 1894-1896 monolith slab was laid beneath the

central market hall, Budapest, district ix. fővám square, 1 894- 1 896 building. The stock-rooms in the cellar

were connected to the Danube via a tunnel ("marketeers' tunnel”), which made shipping and unloading easier.