Gábor Ács

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Gábor Ács (* 1926 in Budapest ) is an architect of Hungarian origin . He was the chief planner for the Italian real estate developer Società Generale Immobiliare .

Life

Ács studied architecture at the Technical University in Budapest, where he graduated in 1948. When Soviet troops occupied Hungary, his family fled to Italy and settled in Rome. Ács enrolled at the Politecnico di Milano and graduated in architecture in 1953. In 1956, Ács traveled to the USA and joined IM Pei's office , where he worked as a design architect on the Kips Bay Plaza and Washington Square East projects .

After becoming a partner at Pei with Henry N. Cobb , Ács returned to Italy in 1963 and opened an office in Piazza Navona in Rome.

Works (selection)

  • 1963 Port Royal Residential Tower in Montreal , Canada
  • 1964 Victoria Place Business Center in Montreal (with Luigi Moretti and Pier Luigi Nervi )
  • 1966 Pan Am Building in Paris , France
  • 1967 residential towers in Mexico City , Mexico
  • 1968 Red Cross headquarters on Rue de Berry, Paris
  • 1969 Sperlinga Villa residential building in Palermo , Italy
  • Hôtel Mirabeau and residential tower in Monaco
  • 1979 Toyota headquarters in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
  • 1980 office towers in the trade fair district of Bologna (with Kenzo Tange )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lindsay, Drew. "The Watergate: The Building That Changed Washington." Washingtonian . October 1, 2005; "Roman Giant." Time . January 25, 1963.
  2. ↑ Jodidio, Philip and Strong, Janet Adams. IM Pei: Complete Works. New York: Rizzoli, 2008, p. 355.
  3. ↑ Blake, Peter, et al. Architecture Plus. February / March 1973, p. 71.
  4. ↑ Henshūbu, SD Tange Kenzo. Tokyo: Kajima Shuppankai, 1988, p. 84.
personal data
SURNAME Ács, Gábor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest