Alajos Hauszmann

Hauszmann Alajos (June 9, 1847, Buda - July 31, 1926, Velence, Fejér) was an Austro-Hungarian architect, professor, and 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 ([1])

External links

In Hungarian

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
• Elek Artúr, "Hauszmann Alajos (1847–1926)", Nyugat, 1926. II. 311–312.p.