Farkas Molnár is one of Hungary's most productive and progressive architects, who was in close contact with the Bauhaus movement.
Molnár studied for 2 years in Budapest, but in 1919 he forced to stop studying because of his left ideology.
He then worked as a typographer and editor of a newspaper in Budapest. Through his friend Alfréd Forbát, he received an invitation to the Weimar Bauhaus in 1921. The time was very productive. As architecture was not taught in Weimar, he was heavily involved in graphic design. However, the first Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar in 1923 made reference to architecture. He continued to gain experience at the Bauhaus until 1925.
He returned to Hungary and completed his studies in architecture. He published his experiences in various Hungarian magazines. This helped him and modern architecture to become more popular. Thanks to his close contacts with Walter Gropius, he founded the Hungarian branch of CIAM (Conges International d'Architecture Moderne), which was called CIRPAC. Certainly also accelerated by this, he opened his own office together with Pál Ligeti.
During World War II, he realised a few more buildings. Walter Gropius offered him the opportunity to come to the USA, but Molnár stayed in Budapest. He died in a bombing raid near his house in Budapest.
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Szeged, Hungary
Manó Schwarcz House