Kiss Katalin: Industrial Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)

the building’s character. In the case of this substation, however, the new owner was persuaded to leave the original windows in their place and to put the modern, thermal insulating ones behind them, on the inner wall.

This former electric substation and its connected dwelling house belong to the most distinguished works of Hungarian architecture between the two world wars. The facades are panelled with brick and decorated with vertical wall strips, and are also enriched with a few but emphasized horizontal elements. Above the simple, unframed windows of the ground and first floors, from the second floor on a compact vertical window strip opens on the facade. On the front facing Markó utca a balcony was placed in the axis of the first floor. In the framing above the entry the carefully carved arms of the capital can be seen. The decorated glass above the entry shows Prometheus, and is one of the most beautiful architecture adornments in Budapest. The rooms on the ground floor of the new bank are very refined, and the style of the interior design is well chosen.

THE FORMER GOLDBERGER COMMERCIAL HOUSE V, Arany János utca 32

Sámuel Goldberger, the son of Ferenc Goldberger who founded the Óbuda dyeing plant in 1784, was one of the major figures of Hungarian industrial history. At the beginning of the 19th century he employed almost one hundred workers, importing textiles for colouring and printing. After his death in 1848 the management of the factory passed to his nine sons. The introduction of machinery into the factory was continued by his grandson Berthold at the end of the century. He bought the most developed modern textile printing machines for the plant. His son, Leó Goldberger, the chairman of the factory’s family share company, continued the developments after the First World War. His activity made the textile industry the most important sector in post-war Budapest.

Leó Goldberger built his commercial house in Arany János utca between 1910 and 1912, on the basis of plans designed by Dávid and Zsigmond Jónás. Although the building betrays the influence of Otto Wag34