Hugo Ehrlich

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Hugo Ehrlich
Vienna University of Technology
RelativesHerman and Marija Ehrlich
(parents)
Mira Klobučar
(sister)
Marta Ehrlich
(niece)

Hugo Ehrlich (Croatian pronunciation: [xǔːgo ěːrlix]; 31 January 1879 – 21 September 1936) was a Croatian architect.

Early life and education

Ehrlich was born in

née Eisner).[1][2][3] His maternal grandfather was Zagreb's Rabbi. He was raised together with his brothers, Adolf, Ernest, Đuro and sister Mira. In 1897, Ehrlich enrolled in the Vienna University of Technology, just like his brother Đuro had a few years before. He studied under architect Carl König, for whom he worked as an associate in the König studio. After graduation from the university, Ehrlich stayed in Vienna, where he worked for Humbert Walcher.[4]

Career

Croatian National Bank, designed by Viktor Kovačić, finished by Hugo Ehrlich

Under Walcher, Ehrlich worked on the restoration of the Burg Kreuzenstein. In 1907, he worked on the first project related to his birth city, a new government building. From 1908 to 1912, Ehrlich undertook work on the adaptation of villa Karma in Clarens, near Montreux. Ehrlich returned to Zagreb in 1909. In Zagreb, he worked at his family's architecture studio, but in 1910 he and Viktor Kovačić together formed the Kovačić & Ehrlich studio. Ehrlich's collaboration with Kovačić was marked by three projects in Zagreb. The first was a Jesuit square project that Ehrlich designed with Kovačić. He also worked independently on the Strossmayer promenade. The third project from that period was related to the Vraz walkway. During the Kovačić & Ehrlich collaboration, they designed several residential buildings and family houses. In 1914, while working on the Hungarian railroad school, Ehrlich was mobilized in the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1915, Ehrlich ended his partnership with Kovačić.[4]

After

Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne.[4]

Death

Ehrlich died in Zagreb on 21 September 1936 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.[6][7]

Works

  • Burg Kreuzenstein castle (restoration), Leobendorf, Austria.
  • Villa Karma (restoration), Clarens, Switzerland.
  • Residential and commercial buildings, Mihanovićeva street, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Residential and commercial building, Medulićeva street 2, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Residential and commercial building, Ilica 100, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Bauer residential house, Nazor street 6, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Rado residential house, Roko park 7, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Ehrlich residential house, Tuškanac, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Bank commercial building, Osijek, Croatia.
  • Branch of the State Mortgage Bank of Yugoslavia, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Zagreb Stock Exchange building, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Yugoslav United Bank
    , Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Residential building, Varšavska street 2, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Palace Bombelles, Opatička street 4, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Residential and commercial building, Boškovićeva street 36, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Palace Janeković, Draškovićeva street 15, Zagreb, Croatia.

References

  1. ^ Snješka Knežević (2011, p. 178)
  2. ^ Goldstein (2005, pp. 287)
  3. ^ Kraus (1998, p. 136)
  4. ^ a b c Domljan (1979)
  5. ^ Anamarija Topić (2020), "Palača Slavenske banke u Vlaškoj ulici u Zagrebu / The Bank Palace in Vlaška Street in Zagreb", Peristil
  6. ^ "Grobno mjesto Hugo Ehrlich - pol.ark. E-48-I-17" (in Croatian). www.gradskagroblja.hr. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  7. ^ (in Croatian) Gradska groblja Zagreb: Hugo Ehrlich, Mirogoj RKT-48-I-17

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