Background
He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and migrated to France after fleeing from Hungary"s communist government in 1949.
He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and migrated to France after fleeing from Hungary"s communist government in 1949.
At the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, he completed a diploma of architecture in 1954.
Foreign a time, he was a journeyman under the direction of leading European architects, including Le Corbusier. In 1955, Korab arrived in the United States, and Eero Saarinen employed him to photograph the architectural design process. The architectural community in Detroit has embraced Korab"s career, and many firms have retained him to document their building and private home projects.
In 1956 he was awarded fourth place in the international design competition for the Sydney Opera House.
In 1994, American President Bill Clinton presented a portfolio of Balthazar Korab"s photography to Árpád Göncz, the president of Hungary. Korab died on January 15, 2013 after a long battle with Parkinson"s disease.
Le Corbusier: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University. Unité d’Habitation, Marseille Mies van der Rohe: Berlin National Gallery.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Louis Isadore Kahn: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Louisiana Jolla, California.
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Frank Lloyd Wright: Guggenheim Museum, New New York Comprehensive coverage of all structures built between 1893 - 1959 Eero Saarinen: Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F Kennedy Airport, New New York
Dulles International Airport, Washington Metropolitan Area.
Saint Louis Architecture; General Motors Technical Center, Detroit Harry Weese: Arena Stage, Washington District of Columbia Time-Life Building, Chicago Minoru Yamasaki: World Trade Center North Tower and South Tower - comprehensive coverage of model through finished building Frank Gehry: Own house in Santa Monica, California.
Weisman Museum, Minneapolis Marcel Breuer: Saint John"s Abby, Collegeville, Minnesota. Unesco Headquarters, Paris Edward Larrabee Barnes: Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Philip Johnson: Transco Tower, Houston.
Detroit One Center. Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut I M Pei: Dallas City Hall, National Gallery East Wing, Washington, District of Columbia Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Cesar Pelli: City Hall San Bernardino, California. Four Leaf Towers, Houston.
Cleveland Clinic Skidmore Owings Merrill: United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs.
Lutheran Brotherhood, Minneapolis. Grinnell College, Iowa Louis Sullivan: National Farmers Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota.
Carson Pirie Scott, Chicago 1957 Sydney Opera House Competition – Fourth Prize.