Ernő Foerk

Ernő Foerk (Timosoara, 1868. February 3. – Budapest, 1934. January 26.) Hungarian architect.

Life

Foerk originally began as a sculptor but subsequently finished as a master builder. He studied at Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, where he familiarised himself with the North Italian style, and this was the orgin of his interest in Lombardy brick architecture. From 1891 he was assistent to Imre Steindl at the Technical University. He taught at the Hungarian School of Applied Arts from 1898 and became its director in 1920. He retired in 1929.