Works by Karoly Kos

The Small Country House (the original design was later built in 1910 for Kós’s parents) belongs to the genre of artist’s houses with studios and can be traced back to precedents such as Akseli Gall

The Bird House is the central element of the pavilion group designed for the Zoo.

The Monkey House, the smaller Rodents House, and the Kangaroo House enclose a small square.

“The Poultry Yard may be of particular interest to the metropolitan public, as it allows for the breeding of a wide variety of species.

The sketch designs reveal a concept entirely different in character from the building that was ultimately realized.

“…in the corner appears the lower house of the ostriches, striking in its vivid colors; around it are large yards in which these large bird giants, kept in greater numbers, can roam.

“So that the rocky hill should not appear desolate, we place a small Norwegian house on its southern slope, along the axis of the great avenue of trees.

The Dairy canteen is a simple shingled hut with a porch featuring a wooden balustrade, picturesquely anchored into the steep face of the Great Rock.

“In the year of Our Lord 1653 I began to have the sheepfold at Szaka built by the Estanai carpenter János Bot. I had the old house newly shingled and added a porch to it.

'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

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.