Flóris Korb (born as Flóris Nándor Korb,

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( , sk, Kečkemét) is a city with county rights central part Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third ...

, 7 April 1860 –

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, 16 September 1930) was a Hungarian architect.Korb Flóris

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, retrieved 12 May 2012

Career

After finishing his studies in

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, he returned to

to work under

Alajos Hauszmann Alajos Hauszmann (also called as ''Alois'', June 9, 1847 – July 31, 1926) was a Hungarian architect, professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Life Hauszmann was born in Buda in 1847 into a family of Bavarian origin as ...

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 Kálmán Giergl (born as Koloman Giergl, 29 June 1863 in Pest, Hungary, Habsburg Empire – 10 September 1954 in Verőce, Hungary), was a Hungarian-German architect and a significant figure in the Austro-Hungarian eclectic architectural style. ...

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) *

Franz Liszt Academy of Music The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music ( hu, Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem, often abbreviated as ''Zeneakadémia'', "Liszt Academy") is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875. It is home to the ...

, Budapest (1904–07) * Clinic buildings, Mari and Ulloi ut, Budapest *

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(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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Korb, Floris 1860 births 1930 deaths 19th-century Hungarian people 20th-century Hungarian people Hungarian architects People from Kecskemét Hungarian people of German descent