Giraffe and Zebra House (Budapest Municipal Zoological and Botanical Gardens)

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. Here the two architects recognised the structural and tectonic possibilities offered by African architecture. The Giraffe House was considered a progressive and bold move at the time of its construction and the design is reminiscent of the designs made by István Medgyaszay for the studios of the artists of the Gödöllő Artists' Community. The building is a composition of flat-roofed blocks, a principle revisited by Kós in 1930, when making the designs for the Art Gallery of Kolozsvár/Cluj. The exterior surface was artistically refined due to the decoration of the main elevation and the jutting, elaborate eaves.

The building was partly demolished as a result of war damage, and eventually a new building was made on the base of the original. In 2010, however, the altered parts were removed and surviving structures were brought to the surface and the whole building reconstructed using the original designs.