Emil Ágoston
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Emil Ágoston (originally ''Adler'') (born
Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce (; 1776 Morawce, , ) is a town in south-western Slovakia. Basic data It is the capital and the biggest town of Zlaté Moravce District. It is approximately 120 km from the Slovak capital Bratislava and 32 km from Nitra. ...
, , ; December 7, 1876 – June 15, 1921, in Berlin), was a notable Hungarian architect.


Life and career

Ágoston graduated at the
Budapest Technical University The Budapest University of Technology and Economics ( or in short ), official abbreviation BME, is a public university, public research university located in Budapest, Hungary. It is the most significant university of technology in the country ...
in 1899 and completed further studies in
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. He also spent time living in
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and
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. His most productive period, as a sought after designer of apartment buildings in
Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
, was between 1906 and 1911. His style was influenced by the Romantic style, particularly its north German variants. After 1919 he established a partnership with his brother, Géza.Építészforum: "Decemberi évfordulók"
8 December 2011,
Together they built the Roman baths in Budapest and a similar project in the
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.


Works

;Budapest * Hungaria baths (VII.
Dohány utca Dohány utca (, ''Tobacco Street'') is a street in the Erzsébetváros (Elizabeth City), the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It runs between Karoly kórüt and Rottenbiller utca, roughly parallel to Rákóczi út and Wesselenyi utca, and is ab ...
44.) now Hotel Zara, 1906-07David A. Hill: "Cycles in the Life of Budapest Secession Buildings - A Plea"
in Hungarian Review, Vol. III, Nr. 2, 7 June 2011 * Unger house (V. Irányi u. 10.), 1906–07 * Csasznek house (I. Attila út 47.), 1906–07 * Krayer house (XIII. Csanády u. 2.), 1909–10 * Apartment building (V. Dorottya u. 9.), 1909–10 * Gyenes villa (II. Nyúl u. 6.), 1909–10 * Apartment building (VII. Wesselényi u. 32.). A 5-storey corner building which shows the north German influences but little has remained of its original facade decorations (a protected building since 1994)., 1909–10 * Former Magyar Bank (V. Kristóf tér), 1913 * Bank building (V. Bajcsy-Zsilinszky u. 36), 1913 * Astoria Hotel (Múzeum körút), with elements of the neoclassical style., 1913 ;Abroad * Trieste synagogue (1908) * Frankfurt synagogue (2nd prize in competition) * Pervát — Jékey Albert Castle (1907)


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1876 births 1921 deaths People from Zlaté Moravce Hungarian architects Architects from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-architect-stub