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, 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).

References

Gerle, János, ed. "Hauszmann Alajos" (Holnap Kiadó, Budapest, 2002) ISBN 963-346-526-5 [http://irinc.foltnet.hu/Holnapkiado/Termekkepek/2002/hauszmann.jpg]

External links

In Hungarian:
* [http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/egyeb/lexikon/eletrajz/html Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon]
* [http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/human/szepirod/magyar/nyugat/html/doc/14371.htm Elek Artúr, "Hauszmann Alajos (1847–1926)", "Nyugat", 1926. II. 311–312.p.]