László Csaba

László Csaba (Budapest, 9 October 1924 – Budapest, 18 January 1995) was a Hungarian architect, the most significant designer of religious architecture post-World War II in the country.

Career

Csaba graduated at Jozsef Nador Technical College in 1947. He became a member of the Hungarian Society of Architects and taught at the Budapest Technical college. He was head engineer of the Buda Tower Building Company from 1950 to 1951 and later became the director of the Technical Building Institute (1964–70). He worked on the Planning Institute as head engineer (1980–88) and was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts from 1992.

Prizes

Csaba has won numerous prizes, both at home and abroad, for his development of the principles of modern church design.

• Miklós Ybl Prize: 1959; 1988
• August Perret prize, 1961
• István Kotsis memorial prize, 1992.

Family

He had two children from his marriage, his wife was Sara Juhasz, also an architect.

Works

Secular buildings

1950s

Bélapátfalva cultural house

Miskolc cold stores

1960s

Railway Industry Research institute

1970s

Budapest house factory accommodation buildings

1980s

Hollóházi porcelain factory new building

Videoton factory building

1990s

Knezich u Patrona Hungariae Girl's gimnazium and order college reconstruction

Magyar Suzuki, Esztergom factory main buildings

Church buildings

Cserépváralja, 1961

Hollóháza, R.C. church, 1966

Hodász, 1977

Nyírderzs, 1984

Békásmegyer, Lekai Biboros ter church, 1987

Kaposvár, Beke str church, 1988

Floratanya, chapel, 1991

Kalocsa, Our Lady's Nunnery, 1991-92 (with Sara Juhasz)