Zsigmond Quittner
Zsigmond Quittner (born as Sigismund Quittner, 13 February 1859 – 25 October 1918) was a Hungarian architect.
Zsigmond Quittner
Ország-Világ, 1904. november 27. (25. évfolyam, 48. szám) · Public domain
- Name
- Zsigmond Quittner
- Birth Name
- Sigismund Quittner
- Born
- 13 February 1859
- Birthplace
- Pest, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 25 October 1918
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Education
- TU Munich, Munich
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Gresham Palace
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Zsigmond Quittner (born as Sigismund Quittner, 13 February 1859 – 25 October 1918) was a Hungarian architect.
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Zsigmond Quittner (died 1918) was a Hungarian architect. Born in Pest, the architect died in Vienna. Zsigmond Quittner studied at Technical University of Munich. Works include Gresham Palace.
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• Name — Zsigmond Quittner • Birth Name — Sigismund Quittner • Born — 13 February 1859 • Birthplace — Pest, Austria-Hungary • Died — 25 October 1918 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria-Hungary • Education — TU Munich, Munich • Significant Buildings — Gresham Palace • Illustration — Gresham Palace in Budapest • Illustration — Former Pesti Magyar Kereskedelmi Bank, now interior ministry
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Quittner was born in Pest in 1859. He studied for his degree in Munich and worked in Budapest from 1880. His style is eclectic, a commercial version of the Vienna Secession. He also had an important role in public life, taking part in the city chamber of commerce, National Building Council and was president of the Hungarian Institute of Architects. He died in Vienna in 1918.
Main buildings in Budapest
Main buildings in Budapest
• Former Megyeri Palace, Andrássy út 12. • Former Phőnix Insurance office, Bécsi út • Former Fasor Sanatorium, Városligeti fasor 9–11. • Former Gresham Palace, with József and László Vágó), Széchenyi István tér 5-6 (ex-Roosevelt tér 5–6). • Former Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest, now interior ministry, Roosevelt tér 1. (co-designer: Ignác Alpár) • The Mentők headquarters, Markó út 22.
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1859
Zsigmond Quittner born at Pest.
1918
Zsigmond Quittner died at Vienna.
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