1919 in architecture explained

The year 1919 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• 25 April – The Bauhaus architectural and design movement is founded in Weimar, Germany, by Walter Gropius.
• November – Start of the Glass Chain correspondence.^[1]
• Julia Morgan is selected as the architect for William Randolph Hearst's La Cuesta Encantada, better known as Hearst Castle, in San Simeon, California, USA.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• 5 March – Rebuilt Helsinki Central railway station, designed by Eliel Saarinen.^{[2] [3]}
• April – First Congregational Church of Albany, New York, USA, designed by Albert W. Fuller.
• September – Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York, USA, designed by Cass Gilbert.
• 16 October – Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[4]
• 11 November (Remembrance Day) – Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Henry Sproatt.
• 27 November – Laie Hawaii Temple, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, dedicated.
• 29 November – Großes Schauspielhaus in Berlin with interior remodelled as a theater by Hans Poelzig.
• Church of the Madonna della Difesa, Montreal, Canada.
• McMahon Building, better known as the "World's littlest skyscraper", by J. D. McMahon, in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas.

Buildings completed

• Het Schip, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by Michel de Klerk.
• First Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, by Rudolf Steiner.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Leonard Stokes.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Jacques Carlu and Jean-Jacques Haffner.

Births

• 3 January – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (died 1971)
• 21 June – Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect (died 2013)
• 23 July – Geoffrey Bawa, Ceylonese architect (died 2003)
• 12 December – Giancarlo De Carlo, Italian architect (died 2005)
• date unknown – Mualla Eyüboğlu, Turkish architect (died 2009)

Deaths

• 26 February – Paul Due, Norwegian architect of railway stations (born 1835)
• 12 August – Ernest Gimson, English "Arts and Crafts" architect and furniture designer (born 1864)
• 5 September – Frigyes Schulek, Hungarian architect (born 1841)
• 15 October – Adolf W. Edelsvärd, Swedish architect (born 1824)
• 6 November – Hans Christian Amberg, Danish architect (born 1837)

Notes and References

1. Whyte, Iain Boyd, ed. (1985). Crystal Chain Letters: Architectural Fantasies by Bruno Taut and His Circle. The MIT Press. .
2. Book: Högström, Hilkka. Helsingin rautatieasema / Helsinki railway station. Helsinki. 1996. 951-53-0533-0.
3. Book: Jokinen, Teppo. Thiel-Siling, Sabine. Icons of Architecture – the 20th century. 2nd. 1998. Prestel. Munich. 3-7913-1949-3. 24–5. Eliel Saarinen – Main Station. registration. https://archive.org/details/iconsofarchitect00thie/page/24.
4. Web site: Historic San Juan Hotel Reopens After 15 Years. Latin American Herald Tribune. June 28, 2018. 23 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235512/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14092&ArticleId=611911. dead.