Dezső Jakab

Born in Rév (today in Romania) to a Jewish family, Dezső Jakab graduated from the architecture faculty of Budapest Technical University in 1893. In 1897 he partnered with Marcell Komor to create the synagogue in Subotica (Serbia). The pair are also recognized for their Transylvanian Administrative Palace (1906) and Palace of Culture (1910), whose green-hued interiors fused vernacular folk motifs, curvilinear art nouveau, and Romanian folk art. In 1918, Jakab split with Komor, entering a partnership with his son János and son-in-law, Aladár Sós. Their addition to the National Social Security Institute (1913) was completed in 1931.