Alajos Hauszmann

Hauszmann Alajos (Buda, June 9, 1847 – Velence, July 31, 1926): architect, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Life

Born in 1847 into a family of Bavarian origin; the son of Ferenc Hauszmann and Anna Maár (siblings: Hermina (1845-1929), Ferenc (1850-1918) and Kornélia (1854-1837))

Studied painting from 1861, then as a bricklayer's apprentice
1864 Attended Technical University of Budapest
1866 Continued architecture studies at the Bauakademie in Berlin, along with Ödön Lechner
1868 Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Budapest
1869-1870. Grand tour of Italy to study renaissance architecture
1872 Professor at the Technical University for the next 40 years
1874 Married Mariette Senior, whom he met in Berlin
Designed barracks for the Red Cross, to be known as Hauszmann-barracks in Austria and Switzerland
1891 Named chief architect for Buda Castle in Budapest
Received the Order of Franz Joseph, Grand Cross
1912 Retired
1913 Created a foundation for young architects graduating from the Technical University
1914 Extended journey to Egypt and the Holy Land.
1918 Ennobled by King Charles IV of Hungary
1919 His private home was confiscated during the Hungarian Soviet Republic
1924 Elected honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Major Works

Architecture and Design

1870 German Theater, Budapest (destroyed by fire in 1890)
1870 Kiosk, Erzsébet tér, Budapest (destroyed)
1871-1872 Tüköry palace, Budapest (destroyed)
1874-1875 Coburg palace, Budapest (destroyed)
1876 Church of the Sacred Heart, Gyoma
1876-1878 Kégl mansion, Székesfehérvár
1877-1878 City Hall and theater, Szombathely (destroyed)
1878 Stefánia Yacht Club, Balatonfüred
1878-1879 Kégl palace, Budapest
1878-1880 St. Stephen Hospital, Budapest
1881-1883 Austro-Hungarian Bank, Szombathely
1882 Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest (prize winning design, not built)
1882-1884 Erzsébet Hospital for the Red Cross, Budapest
1883-1884 Teacher's Training College, Budapest
1883-1884 Főreáliskola, Budapest
1884 Teacher's Training Institute, Budapest
1884 Scottish Abbey, Budapest (destroyed)
1884-1885 Nádasdy mansion renovation and chapel, Nádasdladány
1884-1885 Batthyány palace, Budapest
1884-1886 Girls' Lyceum, Sopron
1884-1889 University Pathology Institute, Cluj-Napoca
1886 University Public Health Institute, Cluj-Napoca
1886 State Institute for Teaching Women, Budapest
1886-1887 Institute for Forensic Medicine, Budapest
1887-1889 Northeast Railroad Company apartment building, Budapest
1887-1889 Technical Training School and Museum, Budapest
1888-1890 Budapest Court House and Penitentiary, Budapest
1889-1890 commercial building, Budapest
1890 Kálmán Széll's mansion, Rátót
1890-1894 County hospital, Nitra
1891-1905 Buda Castle, Budapest together with its interiors
1891 Hauszmann house, Budapest
1890-1894 New York Palace, Budapest
1893 General Hospital, Cluj-Napoca
1893-1896 Royal Hungarian Palace of Justice, Budapest (Kúria, today: Ethnographic Museum)
1893-1897 Governor's Palace, Rijeka
1902-1909 Royal Joseph Technical University, central building, Budapest
1904 City Hall, Oradea
1910 National Theater, Budapest (not built)

Publications

A budapesti igazságügyi palota (Magy. Mérnök és Építész Egyl. Közl., 1897)
A kir. József műegyetem új otthona (Magy. Mérnök és Építész Egyl. Közl., 1909)
A magyar királyi vár (Budapest, 1912)
Budapest városának építészeti fejlődésének története (Akad. Ért. 1925).

References

Gerle, János, ed. Hauszmann Alajos (Holnap Kiadó, Budapest, 2002) ISBN 963-346-526-5 [1]

External links

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