Ferenc Pfaff (born as Franz Pfaff, Mohács, 19 November 1851 – Budapest, 21 August 1913) was a Hungarian architect and academic.
Career
Pfaff received his degree in 1880 after studying under Imre Steindl at the József Nádor Technical University in Budapest. Early in his career, he designed a number of smaller buildings, among which is the Roman Catholic church at Svábhegy.
However, he is best known for his career as an architect with the Hungarian Railways. Joining in 1887, he later became director of building works right across the Hungarian lands within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the following two decades he would design some 20 large, and numerous smaller railway stations, mainly in the Renaissance eclectic style. These buildings were often modest but notable for their fine sense of proportion and scale. He also redesigned a number of existing stations, notably in Croatia (Zagreb and Rijeka) and in Hungary (Győr, Kassa and Miskolc).
Railway stations
Arad
Bratislava main railway station, 1905
Carei
Celldömölk
Cluj-Napoca
Chop
Debrecen
Füzesabony, 1893
Gyimesbükk (Ghimeș-Făget) Győr (remodelling) Jimbolia Kaposvár Karlovac Košice (remodelling) Leopoldov Miskolc Gömöri railway station, 1899 Miskolc Tiszai railway station, 1901 (remodelled) Osijek Pécs, (1900) Rijeka, 1890 Satu Mare, 1899 Szeged, 1902 – restored in 2006 according to his original plans Timișoara Iosefin, 1897 Vršac Zagreb Glavni railway station
Other buildings
Szeged, MAV Directorship, 1894
Budapest, Transport Museum, 1896
Budapest, Svabhegyi Roman Catholic church, 1886
Budapest, Stefania Palace, home to 1885 national art exhibition, then until 1945 City Museum Budapest, Exhibition hall