Adolf Lang

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Adolf Láng (Prague, 1848. June 15. – Vienna, 1913. May 2.) was a Hungarian architect, one of the main representatives of the historicist style during the late 1900s.

Pecs National Theatre
Pecs National Theatre

[edit] Career

Lang studied in Vienna and from 1870 became the director of works for the company which built the boulevards and ring roads in Budapest. He also designed a number of private and public buildings for the capital, and later taught in Bucharest. Upon his return to Hungary, he entered into a partnership with Antal Steinhardt and spent his final years in Vienna.

Pecs City Hall
Pecs City Hall

[edit] Works

Old Music Adademy, Budapest

Old Exhibition Hall, Budapest

Former Hungarian (Magyar) Theatre, 1897

Pecs Theatre, 1893-95

Pecs City Hall, 1907

Kosice Theatre, 1899

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