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Dezső Jakab

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Dezső Jakab (4 November 1864 – 5 August 1932) was a Hungarian architect of Jewish heritage.

Life

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He received his degree in architecture from the Budapest University of Technology. At the time of the millennial exhibition, the Ministry of Agriculture designed the technical exhibition buildings.

In his earlier buildings he is a follower of the Hungarian style started by Ödön Lechner, later he draws from the sources of the Baroque and more recently the French Renaissance in his works designed in a modern spirit. In recent years he has worked in association with architect Aladár Sós. He gave several lectures on the journey of European study at the Hungarian Association of Engineers and Architects, where he won the Grand Gold Medal and the Silver Medal for his work.

Works

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The synagogue of Subotica

With the architect Marcell Komor, he designed the buildings listed below:

Sources

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  • Magyar zsidó lexikon. Szerk. Ujvári Péter. Budapest: Magyar Zsidó Lexikon. 1929. 413. o. [1]

Another literature

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  • Várallyay Réka: Komor Marcell és Jakab Dezső, (Holnap Kiadó, Budapest, 2006