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1895 in architecture
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The year 1895 in architecture involved some significant events. William Alexander Harvey, aged 20, is appointed architect for the newly laid-out model village of Bournville in Birmingham, kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, Germany, by Franz Heinrich Schwechten, is consecrated. Milwaukee City Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States is completed, Biltmore House on Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, United States, by Richard Morris Hunt is opened. Refuge Assurance Building in Manchester, England, by Alfred Waterhouse, is opened, bishopsgate Institute in London, England, by Charles Harrison Townsend, is opened. New offices for The Glasgow Herald in Scotland, designed by John Keppie, royal Gold Medal - James Brooks. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, René Patouillard-Demoriane
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1896 in architecture
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The year 1896 in architecture involved some significant events. April 16 - The The National Trust in England acquires its first building for preservation, Alfriston Clergy House, a History of Architecture by Sir Banister Fletcher is published. April 16 -1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern international Olympic Games, open at the Panathinaiko Stadium, Athens, reconstructed to designs by architects Anastasios Metaxas, may 14 - Garth Pier, Bangor, Wales, designed by J. J. Webster. October 1 - Theater des Westens, Berlin, designed by Bernhard Sehrings, annesley Lodge, Hampstead, designed by Charles Voysey. Church of SantAnselmo allAventino, Rome, Italy, by Francesco Vespignani, marseille Cathedral, France, principally by Léon Vaudoyer and Henri-Jacques Espérendieu. National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana, designed by František Škabrout, Temple Building, Canada, designed by George W. Gouinlock Temple of Human Passions, Cinquantenaire Park, Brussels, Belgium, designed by Victor Horta. Royal Gold Medal - Ernest George, grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Louis-Charles-Henri Pille
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1897 in architecture
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The year 1897 in architecture involved some significant events. May 1 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek art museum, designed by Wilhelm Dahlerup, tennessee Centennial Exposition opens in Nashville, with a temporary pyramid for Memphis, TN and a copy of the Parthenon, which will be rebuilt of permanent materials in the 1920s. May 12 - The new Oxford Town Hall, designed by Henry Hare, is opened in England. May 16 - The Teatro Massimo is inaugurated in Palermo, it is the largest opera theatre in Italy, november 1 - The Library of Congress Building in Washington, D. C. designed by Paul J. Pelz, is opened. Christmas - The Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul, Tunis, is completed, the Secession Building, Vienna, designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich is completed in Austria. Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, is begun in Scotland, the Arts and Crafts movement house Munstead Wood, designed by Edwin Lutyens for Gertrude Jekyll, is begun in England. The Flatiron Building of Atlanta, Georgia, United States is completed, the Battenberg Mausoleum, Sofia, designed by Hermann Mayer, is completed. The Weaver building, a mill at Swansea in Wales, becomes the first building in the United Kingdom to be constructed from reinforced concrete, dresden Hauptbahnhof railway station in Germany, designed by Ernst Giese and Paul Weidner, is completed. Restoration and remodelling of Castelldefels Castle in Spain by Enric Sagnier is completed, april 3 - Vienna Secession group founded by Otto Wagner, Joseph Maria Olbrich and Josef Hoffmann among others. David Ewart succeeds Thomas Fuller as Chief Dominion Architect of the Government of Canada, james Knox Taylor becomes Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Pierre Cuypers, english architect June 22 - William Mason, New Zealand architect William Lang, American architect
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1898 in architecture
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The year 1898 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. St. Paul Building in New York City is completed as one of the tallest buildings in the world, compton Hill Water Tower in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Harvey Ellis, is built. San Francisco Ferry Building, designed by A, the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia is completed. The British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, designed by Francis Rattenbury, are opened, the Lubyanka Building in Moscow is built. Arts and Crafts movement architect Charles Voysey designs the country houses Broadleys, edwin Lutyens designs Goddards rest home in Abinger, England. Construction of Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico, to-Morrow, A Peaceful Path to Real Reform is published by Ebenezer Howard, calling for the creation of garden cities. Royal Gold Medal - George Aitchison, grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Léon Chifflot
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1899 in architecture
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The year 1899 in architecture involved some significant events. March 14 - Church of the Saviour, Baku in Azerbaijan, april 2 - Maison du Peuple in Brussels, designed by Victor Horta is officially opened. July 20 - Park Row Building in New York City is completed and it holds this title until 1908. September 1 - The National Theatre opens in Norway, september 18 - Old City Hall in Toronto, Ontario, designed by E. J. Lennox, is inaugurated. October - Work begins on St Agathas Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, october 6 - John Rylands Library in Manchester, England, designed by Basil Champneys, is inaugurated. December 15 - Glasgow School of Art opens its new building, raffles Hotel, Singapore, designed by Regent Alfred John Bidwell of Swan and Maclaren, is completed. Café Museum in Vienna, with interior designed by Adolf Loos, is opened, approximate date - The Saitta House in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, New York, designed by John J. Petit, is completed. In 2007, it is listed on both the State and National Register of Historic Places, auguste Choisy - Histoire de larchitecture Ellen Key - Beauty for All Royal Gold Medal - George Frederick Bodley. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Tony Garnier
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1900 in architecture
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The year 1900 in architecture involved some significant events. July 19 - The Paris Métro opens, with entrances designed by Hector Guimard in 1899, antoni Gaudí begins work on the Parc Güell, which he works on for the next fourteen years. The Gare dOrsay, the modern-day Musée dOrsay, is built in Paris by Victor Laloux, the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower at the University of Birmingham, England, is completed. The OXO Tower in London, England, is completed, the Royer Printing House, designed by Lucien Weissenburger, is completed. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn, designed by Mikhail Preobrazhensky, is completed, 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. Royal Gold Medal - Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani, grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Paul Bigot. English architect August 18 - Edward Habershon, English ecclesiastical architect
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1901 in architecture
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The year 1901 in architecture involved some significant events. Federal Court House and Post office for the Upper Midwest, the modern-day Landmark Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by John McArthur, Jr. is completed, the worlds tallest occupied masonry building. Stolp Town Hall, in modern-day Słupsk, Poland, designed by Karl Zaar with Rudolf Vahl, is opened, union Station, designed by Daniel Burnham and W. Pierce Anderson, is commissioned. Germantown Junction station, North Philadelphia, designed by Theophilus P. Chandler Jr. is completed, moscow Vindavsky railway station, designed by Stanislav Brzhozovsky, is opened. Wardenclyffe Tower in Shoreham, New York, designed by Nikola Tesla, willits House in Highland Park, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Deanery Garden in Sonning, England, designed by Edwin Lutyens with garden by Gertrude Jekyll, is completed, langer House in Vienna, designed by Jože Plečnik, is completed. Whitechapel Art Gallery in east London, designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, is opened, horniman Museum in south London, designed by C. Harrison Townsend, is completed. The Génin-Louis Grain Shop in Nancy, designed by Henry Gutton, the Vaxelaire Department Store in Nancy, designed by Émile André and Eugène Vallin, is completed. Jakarta Cathedral in the Dutch East Indies, completed by M. J. Hulswit following a design of 1891 by Pastor Antonius Dijkmans, is consecrated. The Glasgow International Exhibition is held with new architecture by James Millar and Charles Rennie Mackintosh and transplanted mock Tudor cottages from Port Sunlight
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1902 in architecture
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The year 1902 in architecture involved some significant events. July 14 - St Marks Campanile in Venice collapses, the only casualty is a cat. December 13 - St. Josephs Catholic Church in Krebs, Oklahoma, date unknown Work begins on Trmals Villa in Prague, designed by Jan Kotěra. Ganga Singh decides that the palace should be named in memory of his father Maharaja Lall Singh, the Villa Lejeune and the France-Lanord and Lombard Apartment Buildings in Nancy are designed by Émile André. May 26 - Nożyk Synagogue, Warsaw, Poland September 15 - West Baden Springs Hotel in Indiana, flatiron Building in New York City, designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick Dinkelberg. Wiener Stadtbahn railway system in Vienna, with Art Nouveau stations designed by Otto Wagner, wallpaper factory for Arthur Sanderson & Sons in Chiswick, London, designed by Charles Voysey. The Cologne Stadttheater, designed by Carl Moritz, batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God is completed. All Saints Church, Brockhampton-by-Ross, England, designed by William Lethaby, the Biet Apartment Building in Nancy, designed by Georges Biet and Eugène Vallin The House with Chimaeras in Kiev, Ukraine, designed by Vladislav Gorodetsky. Santa Justa Lift in Lisbon, Portugal, engineered by Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard, royal Gold Medal - Thomas Edward Collcutt. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Henri Prost
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1903 in architecture
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The year 1903 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. September - First Garden City Ltd formed to develop Letchworth in England with Barry Parker, the Group Plan for the civic center of Cleveland, Ohio, by Daniel Burnham, Arnold Brunner, and John Carrere is released. Giles Gilbert Scott wins the competition to design Liverpool Cathedral, the Beurs van Berlage, designed by Hendrik Berlage. Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, juselius Mausoleum, Pori, Finland, designed by Josef Stenbäck. Palazzo Castiglioni, Italy, designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga, wemyss Bay railway station in Scotland, rebuilt by James Miller. Communal Palace of Buzău, Romania, designed by Alexandru Săvulescu,22, Rue du Général de Castelnau in Strassburg completed 56, Allée de la Robertsau in Strassburg completed Sängerhaus in Strassburg inaugurated Royal Gold Medal - Charles Follen McKim. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture, Léon Jaussely, april 18 - Stephen Dykes Bower, English ecclesiastical architect June 17 - A
