Kálmán Giergl

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Kálmán Giergl (born June 29, 1863 in Pest , Austrian Empire ; † September 10, 1954 in Nógrádverőce in Pest County ) was an architect and an important representative of eclecticism in Hungary . He belonged to the Györgyi-Giergl family of artists.

Family background

New York Palota , 1894
Zeneakadémia, 1907
Luxury Áruház , 1911

The family with Tyrolean roots had long been known for the artistic skills of their members. The father Henrik Giergl (* 1827, † 1871) was a famous glass artist. Géza Györgyi (* 1851; † 1934), a cousin of Giergl, was involved as an architect in the expansion of the castle palace and the K building of the Technical University . Another cousin, Kálmán Györgyi (* 1860, † 1930) was a handicraft artist and director of Országos Magyar Iparművészeti Társulat ("National Society for Applied Arts ").

Life path

Giergl studied at the Technical University in Budapest and at the University of the Arts in Berlin . He began his career in Berlin with Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden . After his return to Hungary he was assistant to Alajos Hauszmann at the Technical University , in whose office he worked. It was there that he began working with Flóris Korb , with whom he carried out important projects in the years that followed. Hauszmann involved the two in the planning of large orders, including the courthouse in Alkotmány utca, the New York Palace , the Palace of Justice and the expansion of the Palace of the Castle .

In 1893 the two young architects left Hauszmann's office and worked together as partners. The first significant joint work was the headquarters of the Pesti Hírlap newspaper . They also designed the pavilions for the exhibition to mark the Millennium Celebration of the Millennium of the Kingdom of Hungary , which were later demolished.

At the Pest bridgehead of the Elisabeth Bridge, they built the twin palaces named after the Duchess Klotild in 1901 and the Király-Bérház (“Royal Tenement House”) a year later . Also in 1902 they successfully applied for the construction of the new building for the Music Academy on Liszt Ferenc tér , which is considered the most important building by the two architects.

Over the next few years they built the eye clinic in Mária utca and the clinic for surgery and internal medicine in Üllői út . In 1911 the Luxus áruház on Vörösmarty tér was completed.

Giergl made many trips to Europe, America and the Near and Far East. His important art collection is kept in the Museum of Applied Arts.

Important buildings

Name of the structure Involved architects Year of completion
New York Palace Hauszmann, basket 1894
Clothild Palaces basket 1901
Royal tenement basket 1902
Franz Liszt College of Music basket 1907
Department store luxury basket 1911
Palace of Justice - -

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personal data
SURNAME Giergl, Kálmán
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian architect and representative of eclecticism in Hungary
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH pest
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1954
Place of death Nógrádverőce, Pest county