Alajos Hauszmann

Alajos Hauszmann
Alajos Hauszmann
BornAlois Hausmann
(1847-06-09)9 June 1847
Buda, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire
Died31 July 1926(1926-07-31) (aged 79)
Velence, Kingdom of Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Alma materTU Berlin, Berlin
Technical University of Budapest, Budapest
OccupationArchitect
SpouseMariette Senior
ChildrenGizella
PracticeÖdön Lechner

Alajos Hauszmann (also called as Alois, June 9, 1847 – July 31, 1926), from 1918 Hauszmann de Velencze, was a Hungarian architect, professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Life

Hauszmann was born in Buda in 1847 into a family of Bavarian origin as the son of Ferenc Hauszmann and Anna Maár (siblings: Hermina (1845–1929), Ferenc (1850–1918) and Kornélia (1854–1837)). He studied painting from 1861, then became a bricklayer's apprentice. In 1864 he attended Technical University of Budapest, and in 1866 he continued architecture studies at the Bauakademie in Berlin, along with Ödön Lechner.

Hauszmann employed several architects who later became prominent in their own right, including Albert Kálmán Kőrössy. In 1912 Hauszmann retired, and a year later he created a foundation for young architects graduating from the Technical University. In 1914 he went on an extended journey to Egypt and the Holy Land. In recognition of his work, he was ennobled by King Charles IV of Hungary with the suffix de Velencze on March 10, 1918. In the following year, his private home was confiscated during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. In 1924 he was elected an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He died, aged 79, in Velence. He is buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.

Major works

Architecture and design

View of Buda Castle Governor's Palace - Rijeka

Publications

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alajos Hauszmann. In Hungarian
  1. ^ Libri Regii 1918 Nr. 700 (in Hungarian)