Laszlo Csaba
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László Csaba Hungarian architect, most significant designer of religious architecture post world war II in the country.
1950s
Bélapátfalva
cultural house
Miskolc
cold stores
1960s
Railway Industry Research institute
1970s
Budapest
house factory accommodation buildings
1980s
Hollóházi
porcelain factory new building
Videoton factory building
1990s
Knezich u Patrona Hungariae Girl's gimnazium and order college reconstruction
Magyar Suzuki
, Esztergom
factory main buildings
Church buildings
Cserépváralja
, 1961
Hollóháza
, R.C. church, 1966
Hodász
, 1977
Nyírderzs
, 1984
Békásmegyer
, Lekai Biboros ter church, 1987
Kaposvár, Beke str church, 1988
Floratanya, chapel, 1991
Kalocsa
, Our Lady's Nunnery, 1991-92 (with Sara Juhasz)
Career
Csaba graduated at Jozsef Nador Technical College in 1947. He became a member of the Hungarian Society of Architects and taught at the Budapest Technical college. He was head engineer of the Buda Tower Building Company from 1950 to 1951 and later became the director of the Technical Building Institute (1964–70). He worked on the Planning Institute as head engineer (1980–88) and was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts from 1992.Prizes
Csaba has won numerous prizes, both at home and abroad, for his development of the principles of modern church design.- Miklós YblMiklós YblMiklós Ybl was one of Europe's leading architects in the mid to late nineteenth century as well as Hungary's most influential architect during his career...
prize: 1959; 1988
- August Perret prize, 1961
- István Kotsis memorial prize, 1992.
Works
Secular buildings1950s
Bélapátfalva
Bélapátfalva
Bélapátfalva is a town in Heves county, in Hungary, located north of the city of Eger. The town is located inside the Eger-river valley at an altitude of 311 meters above sea-level...
cultural house
Miskolc
Miskolc
Miskolc is a city in northeastern Hungary, mainly with heavy industrial background. With a population close to 170,000 Miskolc is the fourth largest city of Hungary It is also the county capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and the regional centre of Northern Hungary.- Geography :Miskolc is located...
cold stores
1960s
Railway Industry Research institute
1970s
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
house factory accommodation buildings
1980s
Hollóházi
Hollóháza
Hollóháza is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.-References:...
porcelain factory new building
Videoton factory building
1990s
Knezich u Patrona Hungariae Girl's gimnazium and order college reconstruction
Magyar Suzuki
Magyar Suzuki
Magyar Suzuki Corporation, located in Esztergom, Hungary, and founded in 1991, is a automobile manufacturing plant, a subsidiary of Suzuki.Through the end of September, 2005, the plant had a cumulative production volume of 849,000: 465,000 Suzuki Swift through March, 2003, 187,000 Suzuki Wagon R+,...
, Esztergom
Esztergom
Esztergom , is a city in northern Hungary, 46 km north-west of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....
factory main buildings
Church buildings
Cserépváralja
Cserépváralja
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, 1961
Hollóháza
Hollóháza
Hollóháza is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary.-References:...
, R.C. church, 1966
Hodász
Hodász
Hodász is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 3487 people ....
, 1977
Nyírderzs
Nyírderzs
Nyírderzs is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 623 people ....
, 1984
Békásmegyer
Békásmegyer
Békásmegyer is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It belongs administratively to District III. Békásmegyer is consisted of two different parts, a huge high rise housing estate and the traditional Ófalu with older houses. Békásmegyer is divided into two by the Szentendre HÉV line. It was an...
, Lekai Biboros ter church, 1987
Kaposvár, Beke str church, 1988
Floratanya, chapel, 1991
Kalocsa
Kalocsa
Kalocsa is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. It lies 88 miles south of Budapest. It is situated in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the Danube River. Historically it had greater political and economic importance than at present.Kalocsa is the Episcopal see...
, Our Lady's Nunnery, 1991-92 (with Sara Juhasz)