<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article reviews Ernő Foerk’s career through the perspective of his sacred buildings. Ernő Foerk’s oeuvre accounts for a significant proportion of these works. Most of his accomplished churches were made in a Historicist style with a Latin-cross-shaped plan and facade tower. His designs which remained on paper, however, show a more diverse picture from both spatial and stylistic aspect. A number of plans were marked together with Gyula Petrovácz, however, we should presume Foerk had a more significant role in the artistic formation. In addition to the general historicist language, his works also had unique stylistic features, which were mainly related to the design of towers’ proportions, windows, pediments and spires, and to the use of bricks in facade design.</p></abstract>

The article reviews Ernő Foerk’s career through the perspective of his sacred buildings. Ernő Foerk’s oeuvre accounts for a significant proportion of these works. Most of his accomplished churches were made in a Historicist style with a Latin-cross-shaped plan and facade tower. His designs which remained on paper, however, show a more diverse picture from both spatial and stylistic aspect. A number of plans were marked together with Gyula Petrovácz, however, we should presume Foerk had a more significant role in the artistic formation. In addition to the general historicist language, his works also had unique stylistic features, which were mainly related to the design of towers’ proportions, windows, pediments and spires, and to the use of bricks in facade design.

Ernő Foerk’s Sacred Buildings

Institute of Architecture, Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

YBL Journal of Built Environment

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The article reviews Ernő Foerk’s career through the perspective of his sacred buildings. Ernő Foerk’s oeuvre accounts for a significant proportion of these...

Ernő Foerk’s Sacred Buildings

Published Online: May 29, 2019

Page range: 102 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbe-2019-0017

Keywords
Ernő Foerk, sacred architecture, Historicism, Secession, central space formation

© 2019 Gergely Domonkos Nagy, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Ernő Foerk’s Sacred Buildings

Published Online: May 29, 2019

Page range: 102 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbe-2019-0017

KeywordsErnő Foerk, sacred architecture, Historicism, Secession, central space formation

© 2019 Gergely Domonkos Nagy, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Ernő Foerk, sacred architecture, Historicism, Secession, central space formation