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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, including the 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).Further Information

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