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Adolf Lang

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

Pécs National Theatre

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.

Pécs City Hall

Works

  • Old Music Adademy, Budapest
  • Old Exhibition Hall, Budapest
  • Former Hungarian (Magyar) Theatre, 1897
  • Pécs Theatre, 1893-95
  • Pécs City Hall, 1907
  • Košice Theatre, 1899