In the history of building, György Szrogh is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists György Szrogh as Hungarian architect and educator (1915–1999).
György Szrogh was born at Csömör in 1915. His recorded nationality is Hungary. He trained at Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Round Hotel, Dózsa Mozicentrum and József Attila Cultural and Conference Centre. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Ybl Miklós Prize.
That the work was built in Hungary shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
György Szrogh died in 1999, aged 84. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Round Hotel
- Notable work: Dózsa Mozicentrum
- Notable work: József Attila Cultural and Conference Centre
- Ybl Miklós Prize
- Trained at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
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