Szabolcs Horváth

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameSzabolcs Henrik•Horváth
Used nameSzabolcs•Horváth
Born8 July 1907 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
Died7 February 1971 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Szabolcs Horváth was an architect from Budapest, where he ran an architecture firm and constructed several public buildings during the Horthy era in the 1930s and early 1940s. Best known are the Mátyás Rákosi Culture House (today József Attila Community Centre) and the movie theatre of the Pongrác Road housing estate. He also drafted a new planning of the area close to the chain bridge on the Buda bank of the Danube. His style has been described as post-Bauhaus Classicism.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions HUN Szabolcs Horváth
Architecture, Further Entries, Open (Olympic) AC