A kolozsvári Arany János utcai bérvillák
The villas from Arany János street in Kolozsvár

Summary/Abstract: The eight villas built in the neighborhood of the Central Park in Cluj-Napoca were predominantly planned by two architects from Budapest, Lajos Károly and Sándor Markovits, and finished by Elemér Moll between 1911 and (probably) 1916. The procurer of the houses was the Catholic parson of the St. Michael’s church, József Hirschler, who had built several other buildings in Cluj. The study attempts to serve with a succinct overview about the history of the construction, mainly based on archival sources. It also contains a brief description of the buildings, it offers some information about the architects and contractors, and it also analyses the building types and the architectural program while drawing on local Hungarian and European parallels.

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