Aladár Árkay was a Hungarian architect, craftsman, and painter.
Background
Later he formed a partnership with his father-in-law, Mor Kallina, and together they were responsible for the Directorate of Defence building in the Castle district (1896, since destroyed), the Buda Vigadó hall in Corvin Square (1896-1897) and the Street Gellért memorial on Gellért Hill (1904-1905).
Education
Árkay gained his degree at the Budapest Technical University where he studied under Ede Balló.
Career
Initially he worked in the firm of Fellner and Hellmer, then with Alajos Hauszmann in the works on Buda Castle. Initially working in the eclectic style, as his career developed he worked in more modern forms such as secessionism and modernism. His first major independently completed work was the Babocsay villa, which later became the Yugoslav embassy, in district VI of Budapest (1905).