Adolf Lang Explained

Adolf Láng
Nationality:Hungarian, German
Birth Name:Adolf Lang
Birth Date:1848 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Prague, Habsburg Empire
Death Place:Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Alma Mater:TU Wien, Vienna

Adolf Láng (born Adolf Lang; 15 June 1848 – 2 May 1913), was a Hungarian-German architect, one of the main representatives of the historicist style during the late 1900s.

Career

Lang studied in Vienna and from 1870 became the director of works for the company which built the boulevards and ring roads in Budapest. He also designed a number of private and public buildings for the capital, and later taught in Bucharest. Upon his return to Hungary, he entered into a partnership with Antal Steinhardt and spent his final years in Vienna.

Works