Budapest's Wekerle Estate: 20th Century Social Planning Photo Gallery by Helen Betts at pbase.com

Budapest's Wekerle Estate: 20th Century Social Planning

Built between 1909 and 1926 with a uniquely Hungarian flavor, the Wekerle Estate was designed by students of famous Secessionist architect Ödön Lechner as better housing for local workers. Sixteen types of single family dwellings and apartment blocs extend over a large area, separated by tree-lined streets. It was originally called the Kispest Workers and Clerks Settlement and is located way out in the XIX district.

Around Kós Károly tér	Around Kós Károly tér	Around Kós Károly tér	Around Kós Károly tér
Turreted apartment	Unique entry	Very Transylvanian	Flowerboxes
Courtyard entry	The green building	Number 12	For sale
Bold lines	Triangular	Zodiac ornamentation	Double duty
Another turret pair	Quiet corner	Wekerle Police Station	Wekerle Police Station
:: Wekerle Revisted (site photos for DF) ::	Graceful lane	Playground in fall colors	School in a distinctive building
The church on the square	Real garden for a garden suburb	Former church?	My favorite building revisited
Window in green	Window with flair	Reflective windows	Window with slats
Petite window	Flowered window	Neo-transylvanian windows	Window box
Arch detail	Unique gate	Bio eatery on main square	Imposing in red

William Barletta		08-Aug-2011 20:09
Quite an interesting chronicling of a building experiment with a strongly unifying architectural theme.

Franz Bauer		06-Aug-2011 18:02
Both are exquisite,the photos and the place you found. The name Ödön Lechner stands always for architectural quality and we see his students follow in his footsteps

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