1905 in architecture explained

The year 1905 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• 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

Buildings opened

• 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

• 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

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Aston Webb.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Henry Krehbiel.

Births

• 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

• 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]
• August 2 – Cesar Castellani, Maltese architect working in British Guiana
• August 22 – Alfred Waterhouse, English architect of the Gothic Revival (born 1830)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Die Grosse Sauer-Orgel Im Berliner Dom. Pohl, Michael, Johann S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Josef Rheinberger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, and Max Reger. Sound recording. Motette. 1993. Düsseldorf, Germany. 33188606.
2. Web site: Arcade et hémicycle Parc du Cinquantenaire. L'inventaire du patrimoine architectural de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. fr. 2014-05-25.
3. News: ‘Cinemagic’ find. Carder. Doug. 27 September 2013. The Ottawa Herald. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219025601/http://ottawaherald.com/news/092813cinemagic. 19 February 2014.
4. Web site: Werner Schindler . databaseOlympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130323180647/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCHINWER01 . 2013-03-23 .
5. Fest, Joachim (2007), Albert Speer: Conversations with Hitler's Architect, translated by Patrick Camiller, Polity Press, OCLC 940701858.
6. Book: Guarneri, Andrea Bocco. Bernard Rudofsky: A Humane Designer. Springer-Verlag. 2003. 3-211-83719-1. Wien. 803144106.
7. Book: Taylor, Jennifer. Australian Architecture Since 1960. RAIA. 1990. 907088392.
8. Web site: Adolf Cluss Exhibition Project.
9. Web site: David Nash Ford. 2003. Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905). Royal Berkshire History. 2005-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20050705075846/http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/awaterhouse.html. 2005-07-05. live.