This Art Nouveau facade can be found at 11 Mária utca, a narrow street in Budapest’s 8th district. Designed by Mihály Jesovits and built in 1906, the facade, featuring artists’ studios on an additional floor, complements the original 1872 building by Bódog Buzzi.

Bódog Buzzi, originally Felix Buzzi from Moravia with an Italian father, settled in Budapest after studying in Lemberg (Lviv) and Vienna. He oversaw the construction of the Rumbach Street Synagogue by Otto Wagner.

In 1907, the Fiumei Otthon – Club Fiumano moved its offices to this historic house. Led by Pál Szapáry, the association aimed to strengthen ties between Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) and Hungary during Fiume’s time as part of the Hungarian Kingdom. Pál Szapáry, married to Maria Przeździecka, had a daughter, Erzsébet, recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for her heroic acts during WW2.

The house’s third floor has served as a creative space for artists over the years. Notable figures include sculptors András Ruff and István Csillag, and painters Attila Sassy, Ferenc Ridovics, and Sándor Mudrony. In the early 1940s, the painter Jenő Paizs Goebel lived and worked here during the last years of his life.