Alajos Hauszmann was renowned as an architect of grand public buildings during the period of the Dualist Monarchy, and he also designed many private houses and villas in Budapest. Among his best-known works are the New York Palace, the Royal Law Courts (the former Ministry of Justice building on Kossuth Square) and the main building of the Royal Joseph University (now Budapest University of Technology and Economics). The climax of his career was the design and direction of the Royal Palace of Buda Castle, where he created one of the most outstanding complexes of royal buildings in Europe. Alongside his architectural work, he taught for more than forty years in the Royal Joseph University, thereby exerting a considerable influence on the next generation of Hungarian architects. He received many awards and honours for his work, including the Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair.
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