Paár Eszter - Wälder Gyula

"Of course, his work is all over the country. He builds in Budapest, Balassagyarmat, Eger, Borsodnádasd, Gyöngyös, Komárom, Szeged, Nyíregyháza, and even works abroad (Szófia). In addition to his university department, he organizes the largest design office in the country at the time. In this neo-baroque office the young architects who were the backbone of the Wälder office at that time: György Kardos, László Lauber, Gyula Rimanóczy, István Nyiri, István Pázmándi, Sándor Hevesy, the writer of these lines, and others who also found architectural value in the neo-baroque, and especially those who were drawn to it by Gyula Wälder's craftsmanship, humanism, love for the profession, and last but not least, his captivating good mood. In the second half of the period between the two world wars, this school represented the moderately progressive, far from dry German constructivism, which in the Hungarian landscape was more a trend that fits, and sometimes intends to reflect national aspects. (...) How baroque was it? Well, my God, the country itself was also baroque. It was, and it is now history. And it is certain that Gyula Wälder was its most expressive architect."