1905 in architecture
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The year 1905 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
[edit]- October 18 – London County Council's new street at Kingsway and redevelopment of Aldwych are opened.
- Work begins on Stoclet Palace, Brussels, designed by Josef Hoffmann.
- Work begins on Casa de les Punxes, Barcelona, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
- Formation of the Dresden Die Brücke expressionist architecture movement.
Buildings and structures
[edit]Buildings opened
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- February 27 – Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany, is inaugurated.[1]
- June 11 – National Theatre of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- September 27 – Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium, opened by Leopold II of Belgium.[2]
- November – The Plaza Grill and Cinema, Ottawa, Kansas, possibly the oldest movie theater in the United States that is still in operation.[3]
Buildings completed
[edit]- January – Eitel Building in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States, designed by William Doty van Siclen.
- Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, United States, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Zacherlhaus in Vienna, Austria, designed by Jože Plečnik.
- Land Administration Building in Brisbane, Australia, designed by Thomas Pye.
- St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, completed by József Kauser to an 1851 design by Miklós Ybl.
- Salepçioğlu Mosque in İzmir, Turkey.
- Chancel and lady chapel to St John the Divine, Richmond, London, England, designed by Arthur Grove.
- Hôtel de ville (city hall) in Sfax, Tunisia, designed by Raphaël Guy.
- National Library of Greece, Athens, designed by Theophil Hansen.
- Parliament House in Stockholm, Sweden is completed.
- Voewood, High Kelling, Norfolk, England, designed by E. S. Prior.
- Antwerpen-Centraal railway station in Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie.
- Murry Guggenheim House in West Long Branch, New Jersey, designed by Carrère and Hastings.
Awards
[edit]- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Aston Webb.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Henry Krehbiel.
Births
[edit]- February 13 – Werner Schindler, Swiss architect and Olympic medallist (died 1986)[4]
- March 19 – Albert Speer, German architect and Nazi minister during Adolf Hitler's regime (died 1981)[5]
- April 4 – Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (died 1987)
- April 13 – Bernard Rudofsky, Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer and social historian (died 1988)[6]
- June 24 – Michael Scott, Irish architect (died 1989)
- December 18 – Roy Grounds, Australian architect (died 1981)[7]
Deaths
[edit]- March 9 – Ludvig Fenger, City Architect of Copenhagen (born 1833
- March 11 — William R. Walker, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (born 1830)
- July 24 – Adolf Cluss, German-born American engineer architect in Washington, D.C. (born 1825)[8][failed verification]
- August 2 – Cesar Castellani, Maltese architect working in British Guiana
- August 22 – Alfred Waterhouse, English architect of the Gothic Revival (born 1830)[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Pohl, Michael, Johann S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Josef Rheinberger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, and Max Reger (1993). Die Grosse Sauer-Orgel Im Berliner Dom (Sound recording). Düsseldorf, Germany: Motette. OCLC 33188606.
- ^ "Arcade et hémicycle Parc du Cinquantenaire" (in French). L'inventaire du patrimoine architectural de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
- ^ Carder, Doug (27 September 2013). "'Cinemagic' find". The Ottawa Herald. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Werner Schindler". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23.
- ^ Fest, Joachim (2007), Albert Speer: Conversations with Hitler's Architect, translated by Patrick Camiller, Polity Press, ISBN 978-0-7456-3918-5 OCLC 940701858. [page needed]
- ^ Guarneri, Andrea Bocco (2003). Bernard Rudofsky: A Humane Designer. Wien: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-211-83719-1. OCLC 803144106.[page needed]
- ^ Taylor, Jennifer (1990). Australian Architecture Since 1960. RAIA. OCLC 907088392.[page needed]
- ^ "Adolf Cluss Exhibition Project".
- ^ "Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905)". Royal Berkshire History. David Nash Ford. 2003. Archived from the original on 2005-07-05. Retrieved 2005-06-29.