
Dezső Jakab (4 November 1864 – 5 August 1932) was a
Hungarian architect of
Jewish heritage.
Life
He received his degree in architecture from the Budapest University of Technology. At the time of the millennial exhibition, the Ministry of Agriculture designed the technical exhibition buildings.
In his earlier buildings he is a follower of the Hungarian style started by
Ödön Lechner, later he draws from the sources of the Baroque and more recently the French Renaissance in his works designed in a modern spirit. In recent years he has worked in association with architect
Aladár Sós
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People
* Aladár Andrássy (1827–1903), Hungarian soldier and politician
* Aladár Árkay (1868–1932), Hungarian architect, craftsman and painter
* Aladár Aujeszky (1869–193 ...
. He gave several lectures on the journey of European study at the Hungarian Association of Engineers and Architects, where he won the Grand Gold Medal and the Silver Medal for his work.
Works

With the architect
Márcell Komor, he designed the buildings listed below:
* The Muranian Palace of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria;
*
Subotica
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City Hall and Palic Bath;
*
Târgu Mureș City Hall (now the Administrative Palace) and
Palace of Culture;
* consolation in Bratislava and Oradea;
*
Deva Art Theatre and the
Budapest Folk Opera (using the plans of
Géza Márkus
Géza Márkus (Pest, 4 August 1871 – Budapest, 6 December 1912) was a Hungarian Jewish architect.
Life
He was the brother-in-law of conductor Dezső Márkus and newspaper writer Miksa Márkus. His first works show the influence of the mod ...
);
*
the synagogue of Subotica;
*
the synagogue of Marcali;
* the headquarters of the Workers' Insurance Fund in Budapest;
* Liget-, Park- and most recently the Svábhegy sanatoriums;
* many banks, villas, hospital buildings in Budapest and in the countryside.
Sources
* Magyar zsidó lexikon. Szerk. Ujvári Péter. Budapest: Magyar Zsidó Lexikon. 1929. 413. o
Another literature
* Várallyay Réka: ''Komor Marcell és Jakab Dezső'', (Holnap Kiadó, Budapest, 2006
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Hungarian architects
Hungarian Jews
1864 births
1932 deaths