Henrik Böhm
{{short description|Hungarian architect}}
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Henrik Böhm (10 April 1867 – 23 October 1936) was a Hungarian Jewish architect who worked in the secessionist style.
Life and works
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After attending schools in Székesfehérvár and Budapest, Böhm earned a degree in architecture from the Budapest University of Technology in 1890. After a long study trip, he then settled in Budapest. His main works:
- New town hall, Újpest (1899)
- {{ill|Török Bank|hu|Török Bankház}} (1905-1906){{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ff9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT206 |page=206 |title=Art Nouveau Architecture |first=Anne |last=Anderson |publisher=The Crowood Press |year=2020 |isbn=9781785007682}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QUKtom7AtkC&pg=PA368 |page=368 |title=The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830-1930 |first=Fredric |last=Bedoire |translator-last1= Tanner|translator-first1=Robert |publisher=KTAV Publishing House |year=2004}}
- Trade Casino in Čakovec, Croatia{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge3xvKmWe74C&pg=PT310 |page=310 |title=The Rough Guide to Croatia |first=Jonathan |last=Bousfield |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2007 |isbn=9781848367920}}
- Újpestvidéki Takarékpénztár in Újpest
He also excelled in funerary architecture: he designed several tombs in the Rákoskeresztúr cemetery.{{cn|date=January 2021}}
References
- [http://www.elib.hu/04000/04093/html/szocikk/10663.htm "SZEMÉLYNÉV: Böhm Henrik"]. in: Péter Ujvári. {{ill|Magyar zsidó lexikon|hu}}. 1929.
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