Gábor Eszter: Andrássy Avenue – Our Budapest (Budapest, 2002)

THE ARCHITECTS OF ANDRÁSSY

ÚT

Aladár, Árkay (1868—1932). Major works:

the villa

estate

on Sváb

Hill

Minor in Buda forjudges and public prosecutors; the protestant church in Városligeti

fasor; the

church of the industrial district in Győr;

the

first Városmajor

church. He designed the Babocsay Villa at No. 129 Andrássy

út, a

building converted since then.

Cziegler, Győző

(1850

—1905). Professor of the technical university. Major works: the Central Statistics Office in Buda; the National Casino at the corner of Kossuth Lajos utca

and

Semmelweiss

utca.

He

designed the Saxlehner Mansion at No. 3 Andrássy

út.

Fellner, Sándor

(1857

—1944). Major works: the former (rebuilt) Ministry of Finance in Szentháromság

tér and

the Ministry of Justice in Markó

utca. On

Andrássy út he

designed the Bulyovszky Villa at No. 124.

Feszty, Adolf (1846—1900). Graduated from the Technical University of Zurich. His major works, except the former (demolished) Haris bazaar, stand in Andrássy út. He

designed the Head Office of the Fonciére

Insurance

Company (No. 2 Andrássy

út), and

the buildings at Nos. 8,10,15,17, 46, 60, 72, 78 and 96.

Flagg, Ernst (1857—1947). An American architect trained in Paris, who worked mainly in New York. He had close ties with the Vanderbilt family. He designed No. 104 Andrássy

út in

its present appearance.

Freund, Vilmos (1846—1922). Trained at the Technical University of Zurich. His life's work is connected with Budapest. He designed the Jewish home of the deaf and dumb in Bethlen

tér, the

building of the Pest rabbinical school in Rock Szilárd utca (in

cooperation with Ferenc Kolbenheyer), the former Jewish Hospital in Szabolcs utca,

the

Leopold Town Casino in Nádor

utca (today's Duna

Palota). He

also designed the buildings at Nos. 5, 11, 19, 20, 23, 24, 43, 47, 112 and 114 Andrássy

út.

Gnauth, Adolf (1840—1984). An architect born in Stuttgart. He taught at the schools of applied arts in Stuttgart and then in Nuremberg. He designed several palatial villas in Stuttgart (e.g. the Villa Siegle). Commissioned by the Sugárút Construction

Company, he designed the former Edelsheim-Gyulay Villa in the place of the former No. 132 Andrássy

út.

Hajós, Alfréd (1878—1955). Architect

and swimmer. Winner of Hungary's first Olympic gold medal (Athens, 1896). Major works: the Golden Bull Hotel in Debrecen; the centre of the Budapest protestant church; the indoor swimming pool on Margaret Island. He designed the boarding house at No. 111 Andrássy út.

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