Alois Pichl

Alois Ludwig Pichl (1782, Milan - 19 May 1856, Vienna) was an Austrian architect. He worked mainly in Northern Italy, Vienna and Hungary for members of the House of Habsburg and other aristocrats. Some sources give his middle name as Luigi.

Life and work His father, Václav Pichl, was a violinist, composer and court music director in Milan, for Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este. His mother, Katharina, née Somogy de Koloszvar, came from a wealthy Hungarian family. His brother, Ferdinand Pichl (1775–1826), also became an architect. In 1809, he married Maria Anna Böhm (c. 1785-1856) and they had two daughters.

He began his architectural studies in Italy then, in 1802, enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. In Vienna, he created the Palais Modena (1811–1814) and the original building for the Erste österreichische Spar-Casse (1834–1835, now part of the Erste Group), as well as working on the new headquarters for the Niederösterreichischen Landhauses (1837–1839).

He was also a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. In 1962 a street in Donaustadt was named after him.