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

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In 1901 Pecz made his preliminary drafts for a new grammar-school building in Budapest at the request of the Lutheran church. Actually, he submitted six various concepts forthe commission. In 1903 an invitation to tenderwas advertised, including now both the designs for a grammar-school and a church next to it. Pecz also submitted his design for this contest, insisting that he "...intends to remain an outsider of the tender". For this reason he received no award, but as none of the prized designs proved viable owing to a variety of problems or cost overruns, it was him who finally received the commission to finalize the designs and manage the construction project as well. Located on the northern and western part of the site, the L-shaped school-building was completed in September, 1904 to accommodate eight classes, whilst the church adjacent to the grammar-school building was consecrated on October 8th, 1905 with a seating capacity of 400 people. Samu Pecz built the garden of the latter after designs made by his brother, Armin. At this time Pecz was working on several architectural designs meant to be submitted for various tenders, including those of the royal Hungarian post-palace in Pozsony (today: Bratislava, Slovakia), the Royal Hungarian Law Court and Prison in Kaposvár, and the new synagogue of Pest, without achieving any success. Although his designs of the Gellért Baths complex earned him a shared first prize, the commission was finally given to someone else. In 1903 the Lutheran church was executed according to his plans in Nagyvárad (today: Oradea, Romania) in early Gothic style.

TISZTVISELŐHÁZ, BUDAPEST, IX. KÉR., ÜLLŐI ÚT 121., 1911

CIVIL SERVANTS' HOUSE, BUDAPEST, DISTRICT IX. ÜLLŐI STREET, NO. 121, 1911