Bauhaus of Újlipótváros

This stroll highlights the sophisticated mid-century side of Pest, winding past elegant 1930s modernist apartments, functionalist lobbies, and quiet green squares north of the city center.

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1. Phönix-ház

The Phönix-ház is an entire city block in the Újlipótváros neighborhood, identifiable by the distinct stone birds that perch above its two main entrances on the Pannónia and Tátra Street facades. Built between nineteen twenty-eight and…

2. Hollán Ernő u. 16

A building at Hollán Ernő utca sixteen carries a ceramic relief by the artist Margit Kovács on its exterior wall. The piece is part of the streetscape in Újlipótváros, a district where, between November nineteen forty-four and January…

3. Katona József u 28

Katona József utca twenty-six to twenty-eight is a residential building designed by the architect Emil Vidor and completed in nineteen ten. It is part of a cluster of homes known as the Palatinus Houses, built by the Palatinus Real Estate…

4. Pozsonyi út 19

Pozsonyi út nineteen stands within the Újlipótváros neighborhood, a stretch of Budapest defined by its leafy sidewalks and blocks of interwar architecture. This building is one of many in the area constructed between the world wars,…

5. Szent István Park

Szent István Park occupies a space once filled by a parquet factory, a history now hidden beneath an expanse of greenery set against the Danube. Opened to the public on April first, nineteen thirty-six, the park was designed by the…

6. Dunapark házak

The Dunapark House is a landmark apartment complex at Pozsonyi út thirty-eight to forty-two, standing prominently on the edge of Szent István Park. Completed between nineteen thirty-five and nineteen thirty-six, the building is defined by…

7. Pozsonyi úti Református Egyházközség temploma

The Pozsonyi úti Református Egyházközség temploma, or the Thanksgiving Church, stands out for its imposing, separate bell tower and a grand colonnade that faces the Danube river. Designed by architects Imre Tóth and Jenő Halászy and…

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