Hugo Ehrlich (; 31 January 1879 – 21 September 1936) was a Croatian architect.

Early life and education

Ehrlich was born in

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to a wealthy

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family of builder and entrepreneur

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and his wife Marija (

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Eisner). His maternal grandfather was Zagreb's

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. He was raised together with his brothers, Adolf, Ernest, Đuro and sister

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. In 1897, Ehrlich enrolled in the

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, just like his brother Đuro had a few years before. He studied under architect Carl König, for whom he worked as an associate in the König studio. After graduation from the university, Ehrlich stayed in Vienna, where he worked for Humbert Walcher.

Career

Under Walcher, Ehrlich worked on the restoration of the

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. In 1907, he worked on the first project related to his birth city, a new government building. From 1908 to 1912, Ehrlich undertook work on the adaptation of villa Karma in Clarens, near

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. Ehrlich returned to Zagreb in 1909. In Zagreb he worked at his family's architecture studio, but in 1910 he and

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together formed Kovačić & Ehrlich studio. Ehrlich's collaboration with Kovačić was marked by three projects in Zagreb. The first was a Jesuit square project that Ehrlich designed with Kovačić. He also worked independently on the Strossmayer promenade. The third project from that period was related to the Vraz walkway. During the Kovačić & Ehrlich collaboration, they designed several residential buildings and family houses. In the 1914, while working on the Hungarian railroad school, Ehrlich was mobilized in the

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. In 1915, Ehrlich ended his partnership with Kovačić. After

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, Ehrlich worked at the Adolf & Ernest Ehrlich architect studio. During that period, most of his works were designed in the spirit of eclectic mannerism. In the 1920s, Ehrlich designed over twenty residential and commercial properties. From 1921 to 1923 he worked on the building of Slavenska hipotekarna banka (''Slavic Mortgage Bank''). After the death of Viktor Kovačić in the autumn of 1924, Ehrlich took over construction work on the building of the

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(now ''

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'') together with

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and

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. The work on the exterior and interior was completed in June 1927. Beginning in 1925, Ehrlich worked as a professor at the

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Faculty of Architecture. During that time Ehrlich's studio became one of the largest studios in Zagreb, gathering the most talented generation of architects such as Alfred Albini, Stephen Gomboš, Mladen Kauzlarić, Juraj Denzler and Drago Galić. In 1928, Ehrlich received the invitation for the

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Death

Ehrlich died in Zagreb on 21 September 1936 and was buried at the

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. Gradska groblja Zagreb: Hugo Ehrlich, Mirogoj RKT-48-I-17

Works

castle (restoration), Leobendorf, Austria. * Villa Karma (restoration), Clarens, Switzerland. * Residential and commercial buildings, Mihanovićeva street, Zagreb, Croatia. * Residential and commercial building, Medulićeva street 2, Zagreb, Croatia. * Residential and commercial building, Ilica 100, Zagreb, Croatia. * Bauer residential house, Nazor street 6, Zagreb, Croatia. * Rado residential house, Roko park 7, Zagreb, Croatia. * Ehrlich residential house, Tuškanac, Zagreb, Croatia. * Bank commercial building, Osijek, Croatia. * Slavenska hipotekarna banka, Zagreb, Croatia. *

building, Zagreb, Croatia. * Yugoslavian united bank, Belgrade, Serbia. * Residential building, Varšavska street 2, Zagreb, Croatia. * Palace Bombelles, Opatička street 4, Zagreb, Croatia. * Residential and commercial building, Boškovićeva street 36, Zagreb, Croatia. * Palace Janeković, Draškovićeva street 15, Zagreb, Croatia.

References

Bibliography

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