Samu Pecz

Samu Pecz (Pest, 1854. March 1. – Budapest, 1922. September 1.): Hungarian architect and academic.

Career

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

Country

Devany Reformed Church

Debrecen Kossuth Street Reformed Church

Budapest

District V. Uniting Church and apartments

District IX. fovam square - City Market Hall

Szilagyi Dezso Square Reformed Church

Fasori Evangelical Church and Boys gimnazium

Technical University Library on Budafoki Str and "Golyavar" on Muzeum blvd.

National Letter Repository in district I, in Buda Castle

Writings

(in Hungarian)

Introduction to Greek stonework (A görög kőszerkezetek ismertetése) (Budapest, 1886)

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

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