György Csete

György Csete (1989)

György Csete [ ˈɟørɟ ˈtʃɛtɛ ] (born November 5, 1937 in Szentes ; † June 28, 2016 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian architect.

Life

György Csete 1986, Church in Halásztelek (1981)

György Csete graduated from the Budapest Technical University (diploma in 1961) and later taught at the universities of Pécs, Budapest and Innsbruck. Together with Imre Makovecz , he was considered to be the main representative of Hungarian organic architecture , which was internationally recognized in connection with the postmodernism of the 1970s and 1980s . This refers to models in the Hungarian Art Nouveau (e.g. Ödön Lechner ) as well as to Antoni Gaudí and the anthroposophist Rudolf Steiner as well as to national myths of the Magyars .

The main works of Csetes include his Elisabeth Church in Halásztelek (1976-82) and the Forest Church (with attached museum) built in 1992 as a reminder of the Hungarian conquest in Ópusztaszer .

Csete was a member of the Association of Hungarian Architects and a founding member of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts . He has received several awards for his work:

• Hungarian Art Prize (1990; Magyar Művészetért Díj)
• Miklós Ybl Prize (1992; Ybl Miklós-díj)
• Kossuth Prize , the highest state award in Hungary for the fields of art and culture (1997)
• Hungarian Heritage Award (1999; Magyar Örökség Díj)
• Prima Primissima Prize (2005; Prima Primissima díj)
• Gold Medal of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2010; Magyar Művészeti Akadémia Aranyérm)
• Hungarian Order of Merit (2010; Commander with a star)
• National Hungarian Artist Prize (2014; A Nemzet Művésze díj)

Picture gallery

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  Church in the Forest (1992)

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  Church in the Forest (1992)

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  House of Hungarians (2007)

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  Reformed Church Güns (2010)

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  Architect György Csete in 1986 in Halásztelek Church (1981)

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  Halásztelek 1986: Altar of the Church (G. Csete 1981)

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  Halásztelek 1986: Church (architect G. Csete 1981)

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  Halásztelek 1986: wooden dome of the church (architect G. Csete 1981)

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  Halásztelek 1986: Church (architect G. Csete 1981)

literature

• Jeffrey Cook: Seeking Structure from Nature. The Organic Architecture of Hungary. Birkhäuser, Basel a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-76435-178-0 .
• Robert Schediwy: City Pictures. Reflections on the change in architecture and urbanism. Lit, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-8258-7755-8 , (especially p. 289ff.).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Elhunyt a Nemzet Művésze: Debrecenből indult (ung.)
2. ↑ Magyar Művészeti Akadémia - néhai tagok (Hungarian)
3. ↑ Elhunyt Csete György ( Memento of the original from August 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , MNO June 29, 2016 (ung.)