Ferkai András: Modern buildings - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2009)
Detached houses and villas
areas. In the upstairs block raised on pilotis were two flats of the same floor plan, one above the other. In each, the three rooms of daytime use (hall, salon, dining room) could be converted into one large row of interconnected rooms with the help of sliding doors. The French windows of the loggias had sliding doors, while the two glassed-in wings of the door can be folded back at right angles along the wall. In the hill-side strip behind the row of the main rooms were located the service rooms and passageways. As an indication of the owner's original profession, a range of stone materials were used on the building. The fagades are covered with limestone slabs from Zsámbék, while the staircase walls have a travertine facing. The stair treads are made of white, the risers of red marble. Even the parapet of the terraces is made of sawed strips of stone slabs mounted on a steel frame. The composition of the fayade commanding the panoramic view as well as that of the street front is asymmetric. With the two circular apertures serving as a counterpoint to the loggias pulled to the left, the well-balanced proportions of the long north fagade make for a particularly appealing sight. The last detached house selected to be introduced here (83 Dayka Gábor utca, District XI) is a real rarity. It was built in 1942-44 when Hungary had already entered World War II; what is more, the construction work was in full swing even as the bombs dropped by the Allied forces fell on Budapest. The house was built ■ The Sdmiondi Kin Home on Sad Hilt, 1943 26
