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In February 2001, the structure was sold by the Hungarian government to the Italian Boscolo Hotels chain for US$8 million. The building was completely renovated and reopened on May 5, 2006 [3] as the New York Palace - A Boscolo Luxury Hotel, a 107-room luxury hotel, including the restored New York Café.
New York Palace, with Hauszmann & Giergl (1891–95) Croatian Art Pavilion at the Millennium Exhibition in Budapest (1896), with Giergl [2] Klotild Palaces, Budapest (1899–1902) hu:Klotild paloták; Kiraly Apartments, Budapest (1900–01) Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest (1904–07) Clinic buildings, Mari and Ulloi ut, Budapest
He studied for his degree in Munich and worked in Budapest from 1880. [1] His style is eclectic, a commercial version of the Vienna Secession. He also had an important role in public life, taking part in the city chamber of commerce, National Building Council and was president of the Hungarian Institute of Architects. He died in Vienna in 1918.
In Budapest, he first appeared in the design competition of the new Parliament in 1883, and has since been successful in the following competition: Budapest Izr. Hospital 1888, New York Palace 1892, Lipótváros Casino.
1891 Hauszmann house, Budapest; 1890–1894 New York Palace, Budapest; 1893 General Hospital, Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca) 1893–1896 Royal Hungarian Palace of Justice, Budapest (Kúria, today: Ethnographic Museum) 1893–1897 Governor's Palace, Rijeka; 1902–1909 Royal Joseph Technical University, central building, Budapest
“Gresham Palace is one of Budapest’s most iconic buildings, and today, through its mere existence, unique location, and architecture, it shapes the image that the city presents to any tourist ...
Kálmán Giergl (born as Koloman Giergl, 29 June 1863 in Pest, Hungary, Austrian Empire – 10 September 1954 in Verőce, Hungary), was a Hungarian-German architect and a significant figure in the Austro-Hungarian eclectic architectural style. A member of the Györgyi-Giergl artistic family. The New York Palace Klotild Palaces
Many of his buildings became, and indeed are still today, determinant elements of the cityscape of Budapest: Saint Stephen's Basilica (1867–91), the Rác Thermal Bath, the former Palace of Customs, (1871–74), and the throne room and Krisztinaváros wing of the Royal Palace. He also built countless churches, apartments and castles in the ...