Leo Hönigsberg

Leo Hönigsberg
Born 1861
Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Died 1911 (aged 50)
Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality Croat

Leo Hönigsberg (Croatian: Lav Honigsberg; born in 1861, died in 1911) was famous Croatian architect.[1]

Early life and family

Hönigsberg was born in Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, to a Croatian Jewish family.[2][3][4] He studied in Vienna at the Technische Hochschule (today the Vienna University of Technology) under Heinrich von Ferstel where he graduated in 1883.[5] Hönigsberg trained at the studios of Ludwig Tischler and Anton Krones.

Later years

In 1887 Hönigsberg returned to Zagreb. He worked he worked with Julio Deutsch at Kuno Waidmann's studio on the recommendation of Hermann Helmer. In 1889 Hönigsberg and Deutsch founded the Hönigsberg & Deutsch bureau, which soon grew into one of the largest building companies in Zagreb.

After the death of Hönigsberg, in 1911, the studio was taken over by Deutsch.

References

  1. ^ "Shopping centar u Paromlinu, hotel u tvornici Dimić?" (in Croatian). www.jutarnji.hr (Jutarnji list). http://www.jutarnji.hr/shopping-centar-u-paromlinu--hotel-u-tvornici-dimic--/504603/. 
  2. ^ "Snješka Knežević, Aleksander Laslo: Židovski Zagreb" (in Croatian). Židovska opčina Zagreb. http://www.kgz.hr/default.aspx?id=2860. 
  3. ^ "» Što bi Zagreb bio bez Židova: Oni su gradu dali vodovod, tramvaj i '505 s crtom'" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. http://www.jutarnji.hr/sto-bi-zagreb-bio-bez-zidova--oni-su-gradu-dali-vodovod--tramvaj-i--505-s-crtom-/926669/?foto=2. 
  4. ^ "Zagrebačka sinagoga" (in Croatian). Institut za povijest umjetnosti. http://hart.hr/uploads/documents/188.pdf. 
  5. ^ Jurić, Zlatko. "Školovanje arhitekata i graditelja prije osnivanja Tehničke visoke škole (do 1919. godine)" (in Croatian). Zagreb Faculty of Architecture. http://www.arhitekt.unizg.hr/_af/_hr/fakultet/povijest/povijest_1.html. Retrieved 10 March 2010.