Works by Karoly Kos

The lecture hall, the administrative building, and the bandstand were not realized (the bandstand, in a simplified form, was eventually built near the entrance).

The Capital Zoo and Botanical Garden, originally opened in 1866, was taken over by the Municipality of Budapest in 1907, the same year in which a comprehensive reconstruction was

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

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

“…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.

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

“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.

Among the pavilions, the Squirrel House is the smallest; nevertheless, it clearly expresses the structural hierarchy of stone, timber carpentry, and a tower roofed with shingles.

'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.

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.

The Kangaroo House is one of the two smaller pavilions enclosing the little square in front of the Monkey House. Similar to the House of Small Rodents, it has a shingle roof.

The shingle roof of the small, single-floor building was originally decorated with elaborately carved and painted rabbits and small rodents.