Flóris Korb (born as Flóris Nándor Korb, Kecskemét, 7 April 1860 – Budapest, 16 September 1930) was a Hungarian architect.

Career

After finishing his studies in Berlin, he returned to Budapest to work under Alajos Hauszmann for fourteen years, during which time he took part in designing the New York Palace. In 1893 he entered into a partnership with Kálmán Giergl which resulted in many important commissions in the developing capital. Korb was awarded with the Greguss prize in 1924 and was admitted into the Royal Institute of British of Architects.

Flóris Korb

Works

New York Palace, with Hauszmann & Giergl (1891–95) Croatian Art Pavilion at the Millennium Exhibition in Budapest (1896), with Giergl Klotild Palaces, Budapest (1899–1902) :hu:Klotild paloták Kiraly Apartments, Budapest (1900–01) Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest (1904–07) Clinic buildings, Mari and Ulloi ut, Budapest Central University Library of Cluj-Napoca (w. Kálmán Giergl, 1904–1909) Commercial Savings and Insurance Bank (today Press Building), Kecskemét (1909–12) Mint Building, Budapest Debrecen University, (1914–30) Zielinski Water Tower, Szeged (1903–04)

Flóris Korb

References

1860 births

1930 deaths

19th-century Hungarian people

20th-century Hungarian people

Hungarian architects

People from Kecskemét

Architects from Austria-Hungary

Flóris Korb