Zsigmond Quittner Explained

Zsigmond Quittner
Nationality:Hungarian, German
Birth Name:Sigismund Quittner
Birth Date:1859 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Pest, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Alma Mater:TU Munich, Munich
Significant Buildings:Gresham Palace

Zsigmond Quittner (born as Sigismund Quittner, 13 February 1859 – 25 October 1918) was a Hungarian architect.[1]

Career

Quittner was born in Pest in 1859. He studied for his degree in Munich and worked in Budapest from 1880.[1] His style is eclectic, a commercial version of the Vienna Secession. He also had an important role in public life, taking part in the city chamber of commerce, National Building Council and was president of the Hungarian Institute of Architects. He died in Vienna in 1918.

Main buildings in Budapest

Notes and References

  1. http://mek.oszk.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC12523/12526.htm Quittner Zsigmond