Crocodile House (Budapest Municipal Zoological and Botanical Gardens)
Description
'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. As if the building had been brought here straightfrom India. It is home to the crocodiles and tortoises, the snakes and many types of lizards in pools and terrariums just as required. Undoubtedly the originality of this house will make it a great attraction, especially as the small inlet (of the lake) in front of the building will be enclosed by a steel fence in the summer so that the crocodiles can be allowed to sunbathe by the lake.' (Lendl Adolf: Az új állatkert. In: Magyar Építőművészet VII./6. 1909.)
The former Terrarium building was demolished in the 1930s, when the whole lakeside was restructured. However, it was reconstructed in 2006, on the basis of the original designs.
Bibliography
Lendl Adolf: Az új állatkert. In: Magyar Építőművészet VII/6. 1909. (1–16.)
Györgyi Dénes: Az állatkertről. In: Magyar Építőművészet, IV/10-12. 1912. (1–44.)
Gall, Anthony: Kós Károly műhelye – tanulmány és adattár. Mundus Magyar Egyetemi Kiadó, Budapest, 2002 (170.) [1909-1f]
Fabó Beáta–Anthony Gall: „Napkeletről jöttem nagy palotás rakott városba kerültem”. Kós Károly világa 1907–1914. Budapest Főváros Levéltára, 2014 (112–113.)
