These pictures of the fantastic Brudern Ház (Brudern House)
with its Párisi Udvar (Parisian Court),
are courtesy Krisztina Kecskés, a glass artist living in that city.
Designed by Henrik Schmahl and built in 1909, this famous structure
at V. Kerület, ferenciek tere 10 (district V, Ferenciek square 10),
is variously described as eclectic and neo-Gothic: take a look
at the figures sticking out from the façade in the first entrance
picture! The ground floor has been a 32-shop bazaar for its entire 100-year
history; the floors above are flats.
This electic palace makes great use of glass: it has Luxfer vault lights,
glass floor tiles, and lots of stained glass. The hexagonal and diamond-shaped
floor lights, with raised asterisk-shaped embossing on the upper surface,
are very unusual-- I've not seen their kind elsewhere. Who made them?
MAIN ENTRANCE AND ARCADE
BARREL VAULT
LUXFER VAULT LIGHTS
Ironwork: "LUXFER-PRIZMA GYÁR, HAAS ÉS SOMOGYI,
MÉRNÖKÖK BUDAPEST / VI. FRANGEPÁN U.7."
(Luxfer-Prism Works; Engineers: Haas and Somogyi, Budapest;
District VI, Frangepán U.7.)
Tiles: "OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR LUXFER PRIZMA GYÁR KFT.
(Austro-Hungarian Luxfer Prism Works Ltd)
FLOOR LIGHTS
"VILLEROY ÉS BOCH / METTLACHI MOZAIK / GYÁR RAKTÁRA /
V.GEZA UTCA 1"
(Villeroy and Boch / Mettlachi Mosaic / Factory Warehouse /
District V, Geza Utca 1)
CUPOLA AND CEILING
Krisztina Kecskés has located more interesting floor lights at
two locations: first, these SOLLUX tiles installed at district V., Hold utca
19 (Moon Street):
|
Concrete work: "LAJOS MÁRKUS / BUDAPEST, VI., NUN-USSA 4"
Krisztina writes: "The manufactory of Lajos MÁRKUS has made also many
architectural metal (iron) frameworks between the 1st and 2nd World War
for example bridges and the main building at the airport, Budaörs too."
|
Second, at XII. distr. Krisztina krt. 6.
Krisztina reports: "It was build in 1925, designed by Gyula SÁNDI.
It was the central building of the Hungarian Post till 2008, but it's
empty now." The hungarian name of the building is Postapalota.
Concrete work was done by "LEHOTZKY J., Bp." but the solar-themed floor
tiles are anonymous. Are they Sollux also?
|
|