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The Ernst Museum building, Budapest
Some decorative details

The Ernst Museum building, Budapest
Some decorative details






The five-storey Art Nouveau building (Budapest, 1065 Nagymező utca 8., designed by Gyula Fodor, 1911), was exemplary renovated in interior. We present here some of the details from this prestigious building.





Károly krt.14 - The newly renovated house
Article by Veronika Kovács

Károly krt.14 - The newly renovated house
Article by Veronika Kovács






The Szevera house (architect Ernő Schannen) was built around 1896. On the facade four large mozaics, was made a little later in Art Nouveau style: the allegories of the four seasons.





Modern and Breitner department store
PHOTO KALEIDOSCOPE

Modern and Breitner department store
PHOTO KALEIDOSCOPE





This late Art Nouveau styled house and department store is designed by Samuel Revesz and Joseph Kollar between 1910 and 1912. In the facade structure's design and his reliefs decoration Jugendstil effect can be seen. Is characteristic the geometric decoration of plants and human figures.









Editor of the blog CheckMyBudapest offered this article for The Art Nouveau World Day, 2013. We can see the appraised building from a very different angle. We also provide you with Odon Lechner drafts and old photographs of the building.





Museum of Applied Arts, entrance
Three high panorama photo

Museum of Applied Arts, entrance
Three high panorama photo






This is the part of the building that Odon Lechner would probably redesign at a later time, however today; it is a masterpiece, which is often avoided by the passer-bys of the museum. It`s worthy to observe, it equals to an exhibition.





The Szenes House
Photo by Puha Titusz

The Szenes House
Photo by Puha Titusz



We present to you one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau town houses of Budapest, the Szenes-haz (Szenes house - 1905-06). Titusz Puha urged the display, and provided us with some of his photos as well as other images. There is only little known about the architect of the house, Istvan Nagy as of the house itself.





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William Morris


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