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Overview of the events of 1900 in architecture
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The year
1900 in architecture
involved some significant events.
Contents
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Awards
Births
Deaths
References
Buildings and structures
See also:
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1900
Buildings
The
Paris Métro
in France
Musée d'Orsay
in
Paris
, France
May 30 —
Daniel Burnham
's
Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library
and Soldiers and Sailors Monument are dedicated together in
Kenosha, Wisconsin
[
1
]
[
2
]
July 19 – The
Paris Métro
opens, with
entrances
designed by
Hector Guimard
in 1899.
November 11 – Church of
Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino
in Rome, designed by Abbot
Hildebrand de Hemptinne
, is consecrated.
Antoni Gaudí
begins work on the
Parc Güell
, which he works on for the next fourteen years.
The
Gare d'Orsay
, the modern-day
Musée d'Orsay
, is built in
Paris
by
Victor Laloux
.
The
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower
at the
University of Birmingham
,
England
, is completed.
The
Administration Building
of
Southwestern University
,
Georgetown, Texas
, designed by physicist and University President
Robert Stewart Hyer
, is completed.
The
OXO Tower
in
London
, England, is completed.
The Co-Operative Wholesale Society warehouse, the modern-day Malmaison Hotel, on the
Quayside
,
Newcastle upon Tyne
, England, designed by T. G. Guerrite for
Louis Gustave Mouchel
on the principles of
François Hennebique
with F. E. L. Harris as CWS architect, is completed.
[
3
]
The
Imprimerie Royer
(Royer Printing House) in
Nancy, France
, designed by
Lucien Weissenburger
, is completed.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn
, designed by Mikhail Preobrazhensky, is completed.
Dohodno Zdanie
,
Rousse
,
Bulgaria
.
Villa Schutzenberger
in
Strasbourg
, France, is completed.
Kinloch Castle
on the isle of
Rùm
, Scotland, designed by Leeming & Leeming, is completed.
Bullough Mausoleum
on the isle of
Rùm
, Scotland, built (approximate date).
Victoria Theatre, Salford
, England opens.
The Orchard,
Chorleywood
, England, a house designed by
C. F. A. Voysey
for himself, is completed.
Awards
RIBA
Royal Gold Medal
–
Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani
.
Grand Prix de Rome
, architecture:
Paul Bigot
.
Births
February 6 –
Paul László
, Hungarian-born architect (died
1993
)
March 4
-
Jan Zachwatowicz
, Polish architect (died
1983
)
March 23 –
Hassan Fathy
, Egyptian architect (died
1989
)
April 5 –
Herbert Bayer
, Austrian-born graphic designer (died
1985
)
May 28 –
Arieh Sharon
,
Galician
-born Israeli architect (died
1984
)
August 25 –
Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie
,
Scottish
architect (died
1970
)
[
4
]
October 8 –
Geoffrey Jellicoe
, English landscape architect (died
1996
)
November 3 –
Guillermo Gonzalez Sanchez
, Dominican architect (died
1970
)
Deaths
William White
February 20 –
John Giles
, English architect (born c.
1830
)
February 23 –
William Butterfield
, English ecclesiastical architect (born
1814
)
April 16 –
Dankmar Adler
, German American architect (born
1844
)
June 2 –
Charles Barry, Jr.
, English architect (born
1823
)
August 18 –
Edward Habershon
, English ecclesiastical architect (born
1826
)
October 27 –
Charles Henry Driver
, English architect (born
1832
)
William White
, English ecclesiastical architect (born
1825
)
References
↑
"KENOSHA COUNTY SOLDIERS MONUMENT"
(PDF)
.
Kenosha.org
. KENOSHA HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
. Retrieved
3 December
2019
.
↑
"WRL-110: Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library"
.
Wisconsin Historical Markers
. Wisconsin Historical Markers
. Retrieved
3 December
2019
.
↑
Stratton, Michael; Trinder, Barrie (1997).
English Heritage book of Industrial England
. London: Batsford. p.
72.
ISBN
978-0-7134-7563-0
.
↑
Goold, David (2017-10-18).
"Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report"
.
www.scottisharchitects.org.uk
. Retrieved
2017-10-18
.
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