When we were looking for a location for the future Villa11, we knew we needed a building with a deep history and content. We believe in coincidences, so when we found this house on Torockó Street, we knew we had found a home - especially as it bears one of our lucky numbers: number eleven.

This part of Buda, Pasarét, boasts a vibrant cultural tradition. Before the Second World War, many well-known writers and artists lived in the surrounding streets - for example, but not limited to Magda Szabó, György Konrád, Mária Szepes, Pál Jávor, István Örkény, Zoltán Várkonyi, Miklós Melocco and our favourite author of the novel Antal Szerb. The intellectual milieu of the area is believed to provide a worthy environment for the cultural diversity that Villa11 will offer. We have no secret aim of reviving the old bourgeois salon life within the walls of Villa11: with a wide variety of events such as book launches, readings, exhibitions, chamber theatre performances, we want to be a worthy continuation of the rich and vibrant cultural tradition that characterises the area.

The history of the villa building is remarkable in itself. The house was built in the 1930s for the family of the mechanical engineer Vilmos Korvinyi, based on plans by the architects Andor Vajda and Pál Vajda. The upstairs apartment, with four rooms, a hall, a conservatory, a bathroom, a kitchen, a pantry, a maid's room, and on the ground floor a laundry room, a drying room and a caretaker's apartment. Many of the details of the period, such as the fireplace, some of the radiators and the interior doors, can still be admired in their original beauty, restored and restored.

After World War II, the building was divided into several apartments. Rezső Kókai, musicologist, lived on the ground floor and József Váncza, the famous baking powder manufacturer, on the first floor - his descendants until recently. The building, which had been divided into several apartments, changed hands a few years ago, when it was completely restored to its present elegant appearance by interior designer Kata Sütő. A wellbeing room was created on the ground floor, the Salon on the upper floor and the roof terrace was built for the first time in history. Since the summer of 2024, the garden has been adorned with a sculpture by Pál Breznay entitled 'Libbenés', which you can read more about here.

Thanks to the former residents of the house for the archive photos!

History of the Villa building

We inaugurated the 'Fluttering'