Dénes Györgyi

Dénes Györgyi (April 25, 1886 – November 25, 1961) was a Hungarian architect,^[1] a member of the Györgyi-Giergl artistic family.

Biography

Family background

Gyorgyi was born in

Gyorgyi began studying architecture at the Budapest Joseph Technical University, where he met his slightly older contemporary Károly Kós. Together they formed a unique partnership and, most significantly, they built the Városmajor Street school in Budapest.

On his own, Györgyi designed the Hangya Associated Office building (1920) and many other schools and public buildings in regional cities, for example the

In 1945, Györgyi lost his only son and his last work was to be competed 3 years later, a primary school at

• 1910-1920
  • Hungarian pavilion at the World Fair Turin, with Emil Tory and Móric Pogány
  • Városmajor Street primary school, Budapest, with Károly Kós
  • Part of the Wekerle housing estate (buildings on the main square), Kispest
  • Hangya office building (the present-day
    MOL Group's building), Közraktár Street
    30, Budapest
• 1920-1930
  • Balaton Museum, Keszthely
  • Deri Museum, Debrecen
  • Hungarian pavilion at the Exhibition in Philadelphia
  • ELMU apartments on Honvéd Street, Budapest
  • Hungarian pavilion at the World Fair in Barcelona
• 1930-1940
  • Hungarian Room, Pittsburgh
  • Apartments on Orom Street, Budapest
  • Houses on St János Square; Nyary Pal Street 10, Budapest
  • Hungarian pavilion at the World Fair in Brussels
  • Office building of the Danuvia factory, Budapest
  • Hungarian pavilion at the
    Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne
  • ELMU buildings on Attila Street, Budapest
• 1940-1950
  • Primary school on Tomcsányi Street, Budapest
  • Primary school, Balatonalmádi

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