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“I purchased a lot in Sztána (Stana) for Jenő Kovács.

The shingle roof of the small, single-floor building was originally decorated with elaborately carved and painted rabbits and small rodents.

The Kangaroo House is one of the two smaller pavilions enclosing the little square in front of the Monkey House. Similar to the House of Small Rodents, it has a shingle roof.

The Deer House resembles the wooden houses of by-gone years on the slopes of the Transylvanian Alps, including the traditional cellular plan-form of the Kalotaszeg/Tara Cälatei region.

Of the pavilions designed by Kós and Zrumeczky reminiscent of the architecture of distant exotic cultures, the Giraffe House stands out as the most significant.

Similarly to Kós' view of the Kalotaszeg/Tara Cälatei region, the Zoo also is not complete without a castle ruin.

“The harmony of the stylistic features of traditional folk architecture and modern art.” (Erdei Gyöngyi: A mintaadó polgármester. Bárczy István beruházási programja (1906–1914).

„Az épület történetéhez tartozik az is, hogy az eredeti programmon kívül ugyancsak a múzeum telkén, a múzeumépület nyers befejezésekor azonnal hozzáfogtunk két múzeumőri lakóház építéséhez is,

In September of 1913, Károly Kós set off on a month-long study tour of Transylvania with his colleague Dezső Zrumeczky. They mention Enyed (Sângătin, Romania) as one of their stops.

'Although the Pheasant House was modelled upon its counterpart in the Berlin zoo, our own architects have followed their Hungarian inspirations in choosing a style from the home country of wood

'A smaller building has been designed to stand at the edge of the lake. It stands on poles above the water, with bamboo poles supporting the wide, lightweight roof surrounded by a wide corridor.

“Thus, I acquired a small bit of land on a steep hillside in Sztána (Stana) above the station, and there I stuck a little house.” (Kós Károly: Életrajz. Szerk.: Benkő Samu.