Adolf Láng (architect)

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Adolf Alexander Láng (born June 15, 1848 in Prague , Austrian Empire , † May 2, 1913 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ) was a Hungarian architect of historicism .

Life

Láng studied at the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna and then worked in Heinrich von Ferstel's office . From 1870 he worked at Sugárút Építő Vállalat Rt for the construction of Andrássy Street in Budapest and was responsible for planning several tenement houses and public buildings (including the old music academy and the old art gallery). He later founded his own office in Budapest and also taught at the ku Joseph University for Technology and Economics in Budapest. In an office community with Antal Steinhardt , he won a number of public construction contracts throughout Hungary during the 1890s ; often as a result of winning architectural competitions.

Láng settled in Vienna in 1912 and died in 1913 at the age of 65.

plant

Buildings (selection)

State Theater Košice (1899)
  • 1875–1877: old artist house, Budapest
  • 1877–1879: Old Music Academy , Budapest
  • 1890–1894: Thermal baths, Szeged
  • 1890–1895: National Theater, Pécs
  • 1893–1896: Palace of Culture (today Ferenc Móra Museum), Szeged
  • 1895–1897: Hungarian Theater, Budapest
  • 1879–1899: State Theater, Košice
  • 1905–1907: Town Hall, Pécs

literature

  • Alexander Országh: Budapest's Public Buildings in the Years 1868-1882 , Pest Bookstore, Budapest, 1884
  • László Gerő: Hungarian architecture until the end of the XIX century Century , ÉpÍtésügyi Kiadó, Budapest, 1954
  • Felix Becker , Ulrich Thieme : General Lexicon of Visual Artists from Antiquity to the Present , Volume 21 a. 22, EA Seemann , Leipzig, 1999

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry about Adolf Láng (architect) in the Hungarian biographical lexicon (MEK) of the National Széchényi Library (Hungarian)
  2. ↑ Orsolya Varga: Lang Adolf munkássága ( Hungarian , PDF; 1.4 MB) Babes Bolyai University . 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Láng, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Láng, Adolf Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian architect of historicism
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1913
Place of death Vienna