Works by Karoly Kos
“In 1923, the Renner Brothers leather factory in Cluj (the predecessor of today’s Clujana Leather and Shoe Factory) announced a competition for the development of a workers’ housing estate and for
“Around this time he designed the buildings of the Iris porcelain factory in Cluj (still widely known by this name today), which were subsequently constructed.
Workers’ housing was constructed in several parts of the city. For example, along the main thoroughfare at the northern edge of the city, five single-storey workers’ dwellings were built.
During the 1920s, Kós designed numerous small villas similar to the Csulak Villa.
During the 1920s, Kós designed numerous small villas similar to the Csulak Villa.
“I purchased a lot in Sztána (Stana) for Jenő Kovács.
The building burned down in 1956. It was reconstructed with significant modifications. No drawings or photographic material of the completed parsonage have yet been found.
Above Cluj, on the “Felek ridge,” lies the village of Felek, an old Romanian settlement of historical character.
Near Kászonjakabfalva, on the gently rising, pine-covered slope of an isolated valley, this two-storey stone-and-timber house was built over a mineral-water spring and carefully composed into the s
This was the first of several churches designed or renovated by Károly Kós for local Romanian congregations. The existing wooden church was sold to the neighboring village of Kispetri.
The villagers purchased the still-existing small wooden church of the neighboring village of Sztána and renovated it according to Kós’s designs, adding a new stone tower.
This design, together with the related project for the Szentimrei family house of 1924, was conceived for the mountain resort of Borszék in Székelyland.