Samu Pecz

Samu Pecz (born March 1, 1854 in Pest , Austrian Empire ; died September 1, 1922 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian architect of historicism .

Life

After graduating from high school in Budapest, Samu Pecz (actually Samuel Petz ) began studying architecture at the Joseph University of Technology and Economics . In 1873 he moved to the Technical University of Stuttgart for two years ; He then studied for two years with T. Hansen at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . From 1878 to 1882 he worked in the office of the Budapest architect Frigyes Schulek and then opened his own office.

In addition to his work on numerous competitions and first projects, he received a guest professorship in 1887 and a full professorship in 1888 at the Faculty of Architecture at the Budapest Technical University. From the beginning of the 1890s, he realized most of his neo-Romanesque or neo-renaissance buildings, which with their colorful tiles and bricks had a lasting impact on the Budapest cityscape. The most famous of his buildings is the Great Market Hall, opened in 1897 in the IX. Budapest's Ferencváros district - still the largest market hall in Europe today. In 1899 he won first prize in the architectural competition for the Museum of Fine Arts ; However, due to the too expensive planning, he was not awarded the contract for its construction. In 1902 he becomes chairman of the Hungarian Chamber of Architects (MÉK). Pecz died in 1922 at the age of 68.

Buildings (selection)

Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church (1896)

1888–1890: Unitarian Church , Budapest
1890–1893: Szeky Palace, Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg)
1892–1896: Reformed Church on Szilágyi Dezső Square ( Szilágyi Dezső tér ), Budapest
1894–1896: Great Market Hall , Budapest
1901–1902: Naval Academy , Fiume
1903–1904: Lutheran Church , Budapest
1913–1920: Hungarian State Archives , Budapest

literature

Ákos Moravánszky: The architecture of the turn of the century in Hungary and its relationship to the Viennese architecture of the time , VWGÖ, Vienna, 1983

Web links

Commons : Samu Pecz - collection of images, videos and audio files

Samu Pecz. In: arch INFORM .
Samu Pecz. In: Structurae

Individual evidence

^ Entry about Samu Pecz in the Hungarian Biographical Lexicon (MEK) of the National Széchényi Library (Hungarian)
^ History of the Congregation , Reformed Church in Budapest , accessed April 19, 2012

personal data
SURNAME	Pecz, Samu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian architect of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH	March 1, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	pest
DATE OF DEATH	September 1, 1922
Place of death	Budapest

[1] Entry about Samu Pecz in the Hungarian Biographical Lexicon (MEK) of the National Széchényi Library (Hungarian)

[2] History of the Congregation , Reformed Church in Budapest , accessed April 19, 2012