- Antal Szkalnitzky
Antal Szkalnitzky (
May 6 ,1836 -June 9 ,1878 ) was a Hungarian architect.Life
Born in Lak (today called
Geresdlak ), a small town nearPécs , Szkalnitzky went on to study architecture inPrague ,Vienna andBerlin , completing his degree in 1859. His numerous later travels took in places such asTransylvania ,Dalmatia ,Croatia andItaly . He worked in the studios ofFriedrich August Stüler between 1858 and 1859 and was awarded the Berlin building academy's silver medal. In 1861, he was elected director of the the newly formed National Hungarian Artistic Group and taught at theBudapest Polytechnic from 1862 to 1870. He was awarded a prize at the Vienna World Fair for his design ofOktogon Square inBudapest , arguably his greatest achievement. He was one of the main representatives of historicism, including elements of Italian and French Renaissance design in his buildings. From 1868 to 1874, he practised in partnership with Henrik Koch. Szkalnitzky died in Lipótmező on June 9, 1878.Works
1861-65
Budapest Hungarian Academy of SciencesDebrecen Theatre1865-66
Budapest Zoo and Garden buildings, with Kochh Henrikke (most of this project is no longer intact, only the 'owl's house' which has since been converted twice)
Csaky Castle,
Szendrő 1878-71
Hungaria Grand Hotel,
Budapest Jankovich Castle,
Oreglak National Theatre,
Budapest 1868-72
Reformed Church, Hajduhaz
Arad Theatre
Szekesfehervar TheatreSzeged High School1872
Oktogon ,Budapest Translated from Hungarian Wikipedia
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