Ybl Miklós (1814–1891)

Miklós Ybl (April 6, 1814 – January 22, 1891) was the most influential Hungarian architect of the second half of the 19th century, and one of Europe’s leading architects of his era. Working chiefly in the historicist styles of the age, he shaped the face of Budapest during its explosive growth into a modern European capital following the 1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise.

His best-known work is the Hungarian State Opera House on Andrássy Avenue (completed 1884), a neo-Renaissance building widely regarded as one of the finest opera houses in Europe both for its acoustics and its decoration. Ybl also designed the ornate Várkert Bazár garden and terrace complex below Buda Castle, contributed to the reconstruction of the Royal Palace, and completed the dome and much of the interior of St. Stephen’s Basilica after the death of its original architect, József Hild.

Sources: Wikipedia; Hungarian National Digital Archive.