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{{Short description|Hungarian architect (1854–1922)}}
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[[Image:NB Vásárcsarnok fullfront halffront.JPG|thumb|Great Market Hall, Budapest]]
{{Eastern name order|Pecz Samu}}
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[[Image:BudapestDSCN3505.JPG|thumb|Unitarian Church, Budapest]]
{{Infobox architect
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[[Image:Cluj-Napoca Szekely Palace.jpg|thumb|Széky Palace in Cluj-Napoca]]
| name = Samu Pecz
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[[Image:BudapestDSCN3629.JPG|thumb|Tenement house on Nagyvárad Square, Budapest]]
| image = Pecz Samu szobra a Szilágyi Dezső téren. Budapest. - FotoThalerTamas.jpg
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'''Samu Pecz''' (or: '''Petz''', [[Pest, Hungary|Pest]], 1 March 1854 – [[Budapest]], 1 September 1922) was a Hungarian architect and academic.
| caption = Statue of Samu Pecz
| nationality = Hungarian
| birth_name = Samu Petz
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1854|03|01}}
| birth_place = [[Pest, Hungary|Pest]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867)|Kingdom of Hungary]]
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1922|09|01}}
| death_place = [[Budapest]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)wHungary]]
| alma_mater = [[Vienna Academy of Fine Arts]], [[Vienna]] <br>[[University of Stuttgart]], [[Stuttgart]]
| practice = [[Theophil Hansen]] <br>[[Frigyes Schulek]] <br>[[Alajos Hauszmann]]
| significant_buildings = [[Matthias Church]]
| spouse =
| children =
}}

[[File:Pecz Samu Monument in Budapest.jpg|thumb|Pecz Samu Monument in Budapest]]


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'''Samu Pecz''' (born as ''Petz'', [[Pest, Hungary|Pest]], 1 March 1854 – [[Budapest]], 1 September 1922) was a [[Hungarians|Hungarian]] architect and academic.


==Career==
==Career==
Pecz studied at a number of universities both at home and abroad in [[Stuttgart]]. He later studied at the [[Vienna Academy of Fine Arts]] under the Danish architect [[Theophil Hansen]], the builder of the Parliament, Musikverein and Stock Exchange buildings in Vienna.
Pecz studied at a number of universities both at home and abroad in [[Stuttgart]], later at the [[Vienna Academy of Fine Arts]] under the Danish architect [[Theophil Hansen]], the builder of the [[Austrian Parliament Building]], [[Musikverein]], and [[Wiener Börse|Stock Exchange]] buildings in Vienna.


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[[Image:NB Vásárcsarnok fullfront halffront.JPG|thumb|Great Market Hall, Budapest]]
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After returning to [[Budapest]] he worked with [[Frigyes Schulek]] on the [[Matthias Church]] in [[Buda]] and later in the offices of [[Alajos Hauszmann]]. At this time he familiarised himself with [[gothic architecture]], particularly in church design. Later, Pecz worked in the [[Budapest University of Technology and Economics|technical university]] under Schulek and [[Imre Steindl]] and became a lecturer is 1887. He was 34 years old when he became the dean of the building faculty which he continued to be until his death. He designed numerous buildings in the historicist tradition, often employing [[Zsolnay]] tiles to rich effect.
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[[Image:First Unitarian Church, 2009 BudapestDSCN3505.jpg|thumb|Unitarian Church, Budapest]]
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[[Image:Cluj-Napoca Szekely Palace.jpg|thumb|Széky Palace in Cluj-Napoca]]
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[[Image:IX. kerület, Haller utca 88. BudapestDSCN3629.jpg|thumb|Tenement house on Nagyvárad Square, Budapest]]

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After returning to [[Budapest]] he worked with [[Frigyes Schulek]] on the [[Matthias Church]] in [[Buda]] and later in the offices of [[Alajos Hauszmann]]. At this time he familiarised himself with [[Gothic architecture]], particularly in church design. Later, Pecz worked in the [[Budapest University of Technology and Economics|technical university]] under Schulek and [[Imre Steindl]] and became a lecturer is 1887. He was 34 years old when he became the dean of the building faculty which he continued to be until his death. He designed numerous buildings in the historicist tradition, often employing [[Zsolnay]] tiles to rich effect.


==Main works==
==Main works==
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'''Country'''
'''Country'''


*Dévaváya: Reformed Church
*Dévaványa: Reformed Church
*Debrecen: Reformed Church on Kossuth Street
*Debrecen: Reformed Church on Kossuth Street
*Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania): Lutheran church
*Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania): Lutheran church
*Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania): Széky Palace
*Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania): [[Széki Palace, Cluj-Napoca|Széki Palace]]


'''Budapest'''
'''Budapest'''
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*District IX: [[Great Market Hall (Budapest)|Great Market Hall]] on Fővám Square
*District IX: [[Great Market Hall (Budapest)|Great Market Hall]] on Fővám Square
*District I: National Archives building in [[Buda Castle]]
*District I: National Archives building in [[Buda Castle]]
*District I: [[Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church|Reformed Church on Szilágyi Dezső Square]]<ref name=Sisa2016>{{cite book |last1=Sisa |first1=József |title=Motherland and Progress: Hungarian Architecture and Design 1800–1900 |date=2016 |publisher=Birkhäuser |location=Basel |isbn=978-3-0356-1009-3 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yPlDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA536 |language=en |chapter=The Calvinist church on Szilágyi Dezso|pages=535–538}}</ref>
*District I: Reformed Church on Szilágyi Dezső Square
*District VII: Fasori Lutheran Church and Boys' gymnasium
*District VII: Fasori Lutheran Church and [[Fasori Gimnázium]]
*District XI: Technical University Library on Budafoki Street
*District XI: Technical University Library on Budafoki Street
*District VIII: "Gólyavár" on Muzeum blvd.
*District VIII: "Gólyavár" on Múzeum blvd.
*District IX: Tenement house on Nagyvárad Square
*District IX: Tenement house on Nagyvárad Square


==Writings==
== Writings ==

(in Hungarian)
(in Hungarian)
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* Introduction to Greek stonework (A görög kőszerkezetek ismertetése) (Budapest, 1886)
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* On the development of ancient Christian architecture (Az ókeresztény templom-építészet fejlődése (Budapest, 1886)
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* On the building of Protestant churches (A protestáns templomok építéséről) (Budapest, 1888)


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{{commons category|Samu Pecz}}
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Introduction to Greek stonework (A görög kőszerkezetek ismertetése) (Budapest, 1886)

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On the development of ancient Christian architecture(Az ókeresztény templom-építészet fejlődése0 (Budapest, 1886)

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On the building of Protestant churches (A protestáns templomok építéséről) (Budapest, 1888)


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{{commonscat|Samu Pecz}}


==References==
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[[Category:Hungarian architects|Pecz,Samu]]
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[[hu:Pecz Samu]]
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[[Category:Hungarian architects]]
[[Category:People from Pest, Hungary]]
[[Category:1854 births]]
[[Category:1922 deaths]]
[[Category:Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni]]
[[Category:Danube-Swabian people]]

Latest revision as of 19:17, 6 April 2024

The native form of this personal name is Pecz Samu. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Samu Pecz
Statue of Samu Pecz
Born
Samu Petz

(1854-03-01)1 March 1854
Pest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died(1922-09-01)1 September 1922
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)wHungary
NationalityHungarian
Alma materVienna Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart
OccupationArchitect
PracticeTheophil Hansen
Frigyes Schulek
Alajos Hauszmann
BuildingsMatthias Church
Pecz Samu Monument in Budapest

Samu Pecz (born as Petz, Pest, 1 March 1854 – Budapest, 1 September 1922) was a Hungarian architect and academic.

Career

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Pecz studied at a number of universities both at home and abroad in Stuttgart, later at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under the Danish architect Theophil Hansen, the builder of the Austrian Parliament Building, Musikverein, and Stock Exchange buildings in Vienna.

Great Market Hall, Budapest
Unitarian Church, Budapest
Széky Palace in Cluj-Napoca
Tenement house on Nagyvárad Square, Budapest

After returning to Budapest he worked with Frigyes Schulek on the Matthias Church in Buda and later in the offices of Alajos Hauszmann. At this time he familiarised himself with Gothic architecture, particularly in church design. Later, Pecz worked in the technical university under Schulek and Imre Steindl and became a lecturer is 1887. He was 34 years old when he became the dean of the building faculty which he continued to be until his death. He designed numerous buildings in the historicist tradition, often employing Zsolnay tiles to rich effect.

Main works

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Country

  • Dévaványa: Reformed Church
  • Debrecen: Reformed Church on Kossuth Street
  • Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania): Lutheran church
  • Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania): Széki Palace

Budapest

Writings

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(in Hungarian)

  • Introduction to Greek stonework (A görög kőszerkezetek ismertetése) (Budapest, 1886)
  • On the development of ancient Christian architecture (Az ókeresztény templom-építészet fejlődése (Budapest, 1886)
  • On the building of Protestant churches (A protestáns templomok építéséről) (Budapest, 1888)
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References

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  1. ^ Sisa, József (2016). "The Calvinist church on Szilágyi Dezso". Motherland and Progress: Hungarian Architecture and Design 1800–1900. Basel: Birkhäuser. pp. 535–538. ISBN 978-3-0356-1009-3.
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