Adolf Láng (born Adolf Lang; 15 June 1848 – 2 May 1913), was a Hungarian-

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architect, one of the main representatives of the historicist style during the late 1900s.

Career

Lang studied in Vienna and from 1870 became the director of works for the company which built the boulevards and ring roads in

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. He also designed a number of private and public buildings for the capital, and later taught in

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. Upon his return to Hungary, he entered into a partnership with Antal Steinhardt and spent his final years in Vienna.

Works

* Old Music Academy, Budapest *Old Exhibition Hall, Budapest *

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, 1893–95 *Former Hungarian (Magyar) Theatre, 1897 *

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, 1899 *Pécs City Hall, 1907 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Adolf Lang, Adolf Historicist architects 1913 deaths 1848 births Hungarian people of German descent Romanian people of German descent