Zsigmond Quittner

Zsigmond Quittner

Zsigmond Quittner (February 13 1859 – October 25 1918) was a Hungarian architect.

Career

Quittner was born in Pest in 1859. He studied for his degree in Munich and worked in Budapest from 1880. His style is eclectic, a commercial version of the Vienna Secession. He also had an important role in public life, taking part in the city chamber of commerce, National Building Council and was president of the Hungarian Institute of Architects. He died in Vienna in 1918.

Main buildings in Budapest

*Former Megyeri Palace, no. 12 Andrassy ut.
*Former Phonix Insurance, Becsi street
*Former Fasor Sanatorium, Varosligeti fasor 9-11
*Gresham Palace, with Jozsef and Laszlo Vago), Roosevelt ter 5-6.
*The Mentok headquarters, Marko ut 22.

Translated from Hungarian wikipedia.


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