Gábor Eszter: Andrássy Avenue – Our Budapest (Budapest, 2002)

Kallina, Mór (1844

—1913). Austrian architect of Moravian descent. He accompanied Otto Wagner as his construction manager to Pest, where he settled down. Major works: the mansions housing the Ministry of Defence and the Office of the Commander in Chief in Buda Castle (today in a ruinous state); the Buda

Vigadó (in

cooperation with Aladár

Árkay, his

son-in-law). He designed Nos. 6, 9, 41, 59 and 116 Andrássy

út.

Kauser, József

(1844

—1919). Scion of a dynasty of builders long-established in Pest. He finished the construction of the Leopold Town Basilica interrupted by the death of Miklós

Ybl. He

also designed the apartment house of the Hungarian Railways Pension Administration at No. 83—85 Andrássy

út.

Lang, Adolf (1848—1913). Prague-born architect. He worked in Hungary as well as Prague, Bucharest and Vienna. His major works include the town hall of Pécs,

the Hungarian Theatre of Pest in Izabella tér

(rebuilt

on several occasions), the theatres of Pécs

and

Kassa, and the palace of culture in Szeged (in cooperation with Antal Steinhardt). He designed the Stein Mansion at No. 1 Andrássy

út, the

Old Academy of Music and the Old Palace of Arts (Nos. 67—69).

Lechner, Ödön

(1845

—1914). Leading figure in the architectural renewal of the turn of the century. His major works include the town halls of Szeged and Kecskemét, the

Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, the Institute of Geology, and the Postal Savings Bank. He designed the apartment house of the Hungarian Railways Pension Administration at No. 25 Andrássy

út in

cooperation with the co-designer of his early works, Gyula

Pártos (1845

—1916).

Meinig, Arthur

(1853—1904). He moved from Vienna to Budapest, where he became a much-employed architect of the aristocracy. His major include the Weckheim Mansion (today’s Municipal Ervin Szabó

Library)

and the former Park Club. He designed the first rebuilding of the villa at No. 104 Andrássy

út.

Petschacher, Gusztáv

(1844

—1890). As the architect of the Sugárút

Construc

tion Company, this Austrian architect came to Budapest where he settled down. After Ybl,

he

is the best-known representative of neo-Renaissance architecture, His major works are on Andrássy

út at

Nos. 4, 39, 88—90, 98, 106 (destroyed) and 126.

Quittner, Zsigmond (1857—1918). Many of the quality apartment houses and apartment mansions of the Great Boulevard and the Leopold Town district were designed in his studio. The Krausz Mansion (No. 12 Andrássy

út) is

among his major early works. On Andrássy

út he

also designed the buildings at Nos. 5, 37 and 111 (demolished). His major later works include the Gresham Palace (in cooperation with the Vágó

brothers).

Rauscher, Lajos

(1845—1914). A Stuttgart-born architect, whose major achievement was scored as an architectural painter and graphic artist. From 1873 he worked in Budapest. His only known architectural design is that of the 68