Alajos Hauszmann
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Alajos Hauszmann 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 the son of Ferenc Hauszmann and Anna Maár . He studied painting from 1861, then became a bricklayer's apprentice. In 1864 he attended Technical University of Budapest, and in 1866 he continued architecture studies at the Bauakademie in Berlin, along with Ödön Lechner.1868 Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Budapest1869–1870. Grand tour of Italy to study renaissance architecture1872 Professor at the Technical University for the next 40 years1874 Married Mariette Senior, whom he met in BerlinDesigned barracks for the Red Cross, to be known as Hauszmann-barracks in Austria and Switzerland1891 Named chief architect for Buda Castle in BudapestReceived the Order of Franz Joseph, Grand CrossHauszmann employed several architects who later became prominent in their own right, including Albert Kálmán Kőrössy. In 1912 Hauszmann retired, and a year later he created a foundation for young architects graduating from the Technical University. In 1914 he went on an extended journey to Egypt and the Holy Land. In 1918 he was ennobled by King Charles IV of Hungary; however, in the following year, his private home was confiscated during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. In 1924 he was elected an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He died, aged 79, in Velence.
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