Samu Pecz

Samu Pecz studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The recorded working language is Hungarian. The field of work recorded is architecture and Historicism. Employment is recorded with Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Works named in the authority record are Great Market Hall, Szilágyi Dezső tér Reformed Church, Fasori Gimnázium and Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára.

• Name — Samu Pecz • Birth Name — Samu Petz • Born — 1 March 1854 • Birthplace — Pest, Kingdom of Hungary • Died — 1 September 1922 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungary • Education — Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart • Practice — Theophil Hansen Frigyes Schulek Alajos Hauszmann • Significant Buildings — Matthias Church • Illustration — Pecz Samu Monument in Budapest Samu Pecz (born as Petz, Pest, 1 March 1854 – Budapest, 1 September 1922) was a Hungarian architect and academic.

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. • Illustration — Great Market Hall, Budapest • Illustration — Unitarian Church, Budapest • Illustration — Széky Palace in Cluj-Napoca • Illustration — 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.

Country • Uzhhorod: Elementary school • Dévaványa: Reformed Church • Debrecen: Reformed Church on Kossuth Street • Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania): Lutheran church • Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania): Széki Palace Budapest • District V: Unitarian Church and apartments on Nagy Ignác Street • District IX: Great Market Hall on Fővám Square • District I: National Archives building in Buda Castle • District I: Reformed Church on Szilágyi Dezső Square • District VII: Fasori Lutheran Church and Fasori Gimnázium • District XI: Technical University Library on Budafoki Street • District VIII: "Gólyavár" on Múzeum blvd. • District IX: Tenement house on Nagyvárad Square