Zsigmond Quittner (born as Sigismund Quittner, 13 February 1859 – 25 October 1918) was a Hungarian architect.Quittner Zsigmond

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, retrieved 13 May 2012

Career

Quittner was born in Pest in 1859. He studied for his degree in

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and worked in

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from 1880. His style is eclectic, a commercial version of the

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. 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

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in 1918.

Main buildings in Budapest

* Former Megyeri Palace,

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12. * Former Phőnix Insurance office, Bécsi út * Former Fasor Sanatorium, Városligeti fasor 9–11. * Former

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, with József and László Vágó), Széchenyi István tér 5-6 (ex-Roosevelt tér 5–6). * Former

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, now interior ministry, Roosevelt tér 1. (co-designer:

Ignác Alpár Ignác Alpár József (born Schöckl József; 17 January 1855 in Pest, Hungary, Pest – 27 April 1928 in Zürich) was a Hungary, Hungarian architect.

) * The Mentők headquarters, Markó út 22.

References

Hungarian architects Jewish architects Technical University of Munich alumni People from Pest, Hungary 1859 births 1918 deaths Hungarian Jews Architects from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-architect-stub