Gyula Kaesz
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Gyula Kaesz: architect, interior designer, furniture designer, academic and once rector of the School of Applied Arts in Budapest.

Career

Kaesz studied at the Budapest
Budapest
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 School of Applied Arts. In his younger years, he gained first prize in a number of national competitions (e.g. Debrecen
Debrecen
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 crematorium, Szombathely
Szombathely
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 cemetery, new Győr
Gyor
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city plans). He was teacher at the school from 1919 to 1952 and director from 1952 to 1958. He chaired a number of publications, including the journal of furniture ('butor') from 1935 to 1938. He designed many exhibitions and exhibition pavilions. He was also part of the team working on the Academy Publication's encyclopedia in the 1960s.

Interior design

Milan Triennale, 1933–35

Paris exhibition Hungarian pavilion, 1937

Transport exhibition, 1947

Former Floris Patisserie

National Savings Bank

Sources

Pavilion building in the 19th and 20th centuries from the collection of the Hungarian Building Museum
(Pavilion periodical number 2001, ISSN: 0865 – 6622)

Hungarian Biographical Encyclopedia (Magyar Eletrajzi Lexicon)

Translated from Hungarian Wikipedia
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