Flóris Korb (born as Flóris Nándor Korb,

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...

, 7 April 1860 –

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, 16 September 1930) was a Hungarian architect.Korb Flóris
Hungarian Electronic Library, retrieved 12 May 2012

Career

After finishing his studies in

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, he returned to

to work under Alajos Hauszmann for fourteen years, during which time he took part in designing the New York Palace. In 1893 he entered into a partnership with Kálmán Giergl which resulted in many important commissions in the developing capital. Korb was awarded with the Greguss prize in 1924 and was admitted into the Royal Institute of British of Architects.

Works

* New York Palace, with Hauszmann & Giergl (1891–95) *Croatian Art Pavilion at the Millennium Exhibition in Budapest (1896), with Giergl * Klotild Palaces, Budapest (1899–1902) :hu:Klotild paloták * Kiraly Apartments, Budapest (1900–01) *

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, Budapest (1904–07) * Clinic buildings, Mari and Ulloi ut, Budapest * Central University Library of Cluj-Napoca (w. Kálmán Giergl, 1904–1909) * Commercial Savings and Insurance Bank (today Press Building),

(1909–12) * Mint Building, Budapest *

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University, (1914–30) * Zielinski Water Tower, Szeged (1903–04)

References

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