Works by Karoly Kos

The student design prepared for the small house demonstrates that the architect recognized the fundamental forms of Székely architecture at an early stage.

Hungarian Association of Architects (MÉSZ) Wellisch Student Competition: “Design for a well house to be built at a resort, in a Hungarian vernacular style.”

Design for a stone church in a rural setting.

Mausolea and the burial sites of national heroes attracted the interest not only of architecture students but also of several leading architects of the period, among them István Medgyaszay and Móri

A triptych-like representation of an idyllic pastoral landscape (Kalotaszeg). The gently rolling terrain of fields and pastures is articulated by wooded groves and scattered farmsteads.

Fourth-year final examination project; instructor: Schulek Frigyes; grade: excellent.

Mentioned in the recollections of Kós Károly; no further information about this design is known.

This small design is one of several projects for modest rural houses. As no ancillary buildings are included, it is unlikely to have been intended as a farmer’s dwelling.

Fourth-year student project. In contrast to the similar third-year project, this house design is more successful and, in its final form, also more picturesque.

The dominant tent roof characteristic of the earlier house designs is here repeated and further developed on a larger scale through the addition of towers and gables.

The planar, asymmetrical composition of the façade, enriched with stylized vernacular and Romanesque details, anticipates the design of the Zebegény church completed in 1908.

The design for the picturesquely sited small manor house is closely related to the project for the Artist’s House, particularly in the composition of the tower and adjacent gable placed wi

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

Design for a house with a small attic. The square ground plan with an entrance porch placed at the corner appears frequently in Kós’s sketch designs.

The Church-Building Committee established in 1883 in the settlement north of Budapest on the banks of the Danube originally commissioned László Gyalus to design a new Catholic church.

“Zrumeczky approached me with the news that we might receive a commission for the design, site supervision, and accounting of the Reformed parish building and prayer hall in Óbuda—if we