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The year '''1910 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[January 21]] – Architect [[Adolf Loos]] delivers the lecture ''[[Ornament and Crime]]'' in [[Vienna]].
* [[April 27]] – [[Futurist]] poet [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]] issues the manifesto ''Contro Venezia passatista'' ("Against Past-loving [[Venice]]") in the [[Piazza San Marco]].
* [[Mary Colter]] is appointed full-time architect for the [[Fred Harvey Company]] in the [[United States]].

==Buildings and structures==
[[File:Casa Milà (1914).jpg|thumb|[[Casa Milà]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain]]
[[File:Wien Hietzing, St.-Veit-Gasse 10 - 1.JPG|thumb|[[Steiner House]]]]
===Buildings opened===
* [[January 22]] – [[Flinders Street railway station]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], designed by [[Fawcett and Ashworth]].
* February – [[Birmingham Oratory]] in [[Birmingham]], England, designed by [[Edward Doran Webb]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Buildings of England: Warwickshire|year=1986|url=https://archive.org/details/bestbuildingsofe0000pevs|url-access=registration|authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|last=Pevsner}}</ref>
* [[May 11]] – [[Pan American Union Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]], designed by [[Paul Philippe Cret]] and [[Albert Kelsey]].
* June – [[Baku Puppet Theatre|Abdulla Shaig Puppet Theatre]] in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]].
* [[July 31]] – [[Split Rock Lighthouse]], Minnesota, designed by Ralph Russell Tinkham.
* [[August 5]] – [[Pilgrim Monument]], Boston, Massachusetts, designed by [[Willard T. Sears]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Carpenter|first=Edmund J.|title=The Pilgrims and their Monument|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028816664|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|publisher=Privately printed|year=1911|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028816664/page/n354 265]}}</ref>
* [[November 27]] – [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)]], designed by [[McKim, Mead and White]].

===Buildings completed===
* The [[Renauld Bank]] in [[Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle|Nancy]], designed by [[Émile André]] and [[Paul Charbonnier]].
* The [[Ducret Apartment Building]] in Nancy, designed by André and Charbonnier.
* [[Casa Milà]] in [[Barcelona]], designed by [[Antoni Gaudí]].
* [[:File:Looshaus Michaelerplatz.JPG|Goldman & Salatsch Building]] (the "Looshaus"), Michaelerplatz, [[Vienna]], designed by [[Adolf Loos]].
* [[Steiner House]] in Vienna, designed by Adolf Loos.
* [[Jacir Palace]] Hotel in Bethlehem.
* [[:de:Gereonshaus|Gereonshaus]] in [[Cologne]], designed by [[Carl Moritz (architect)|Carl Moritz]].
* [[National Museum of Finland]], Helsinki, designed by [[Herman Gesellius]], [[Armas Lindgren]] and [[Eliel Saarinen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.fi/en/nationalmuseum/history_of_museum_and_building|publisher=National Board of Antiquities|title=History of the National Museum}}</ref>
* [[Liberty Tower (Manhattan)]] in New York, designed by [[Henry Ives Cobb]].
* Giesshübel warehouse in [[Zürich]], Switzerland, designed by [[Robert Maillart]].
* Catholic [[St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich|church of St John the Baptist, Norwich]], England, to the 1882 design of [[George Gilbert Scott Jr.]]

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Thomas Graham Jackson]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[:fr:Fernand Janin|Fernand Janin]].

==Births==
* [[May 23]] – Sir [[Hugh Casson]], British architect, interior designer, artist, influential writer and broadcaster (died [[1999 in architecture|1999]])
* [[June 26]] – [[Maciej Nowicki (architect)|Maciej Nowicki]], Polish architect, chief architect of the new Indian city of [[Chandigarh]] (died [[1950 in architecture|1950]])
* [[July 2]] – [[Richard Sheppard (architect)|Richard Sheppard]], English architect specializing in educational buildings (died [[1982 in architecture|1982]])
* [[August 7]] – [[Lucien Hervé]], Hungarian-born architectural photographer (died [[2007 in architecture|2007]])
* [[August 12]] – [[Eliot Noyes]], American architect and industrial designer (died [[1977 in architecture|1977]])
* [[August 20]] – [[Eero Saarinen]], Finnish American architect and industrial designer (died [[1961 in architecture|1961]]), son of [[Eliel Saarinen]]

==Deaths==
[[File:Sir Thomas Drew circa 1870.png|thumb|upright|[[Thomas Drew (architect)|Thomas Drew]]]]
* [[March 13]] – [[Sir Thomas Drew]], Irish architect (born [[1838 in architecture|1838]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Gaetano Koch]], Italian architect active in Rome (born [[1849 in architecture|1849]])
* [[August 24]] – [[Juste Lisch]], French architect (born [[1828 in architecture|1828]])

==References==
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	==Events==		==Events==
	* [[January 21]] – Architect [[Adolf Loos]] delivers the lecture ''[[Ornament and Crime]]'' in [[Vienna]].		* January 21 – Architect [[Adolf Loos]] delivers the lecture ''[[Ornament and Crime]]'' in [[Vienna]].
	* [[April 27]] – [[Futurist]] poet [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]] issues the manifesto ''Contro Venezia passatista'' ("Against Past-loving [[Venice]]") in the [[Piazza San Marco]].		* April 27 – [[Futurist]] poet [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]] issues the manifesto ''Contro Venezia passatista'' ("Against Past-loving [[Venice]]") in the [[Piazza San Marco]].
	* [[Mary Colter]] is appointed full-time architect for the [[Fred Harvey Company]] in the [[United States]].		* [[Mary Colter]] is appointed full-time architect for the [[Fred Harvey Company]] in the United States.

	==Buildings and structures==		==Buildings and structures==
	[[File:Casa Milà (1914).jpg\|thumb\|[[Casa Milà]] in [[Barcelona]], Spain]]		[[File:Casa Milà (1914).jpg\|thumb\|Casa Milà in Barcelona, Spain]]
	[[File:Wien Hietzing, St.-Veit-Gasse 10 - 1.JPG\|thumb\|[[Steiner House]]]]		[[File:Wien Hietzing, St.-Veit-Gasse 10 - 1.JPG\|thumb\|Steiner House, completed in 1910]]
	===Buildings opened===		===Buildings opened===
	* [[January 22]] – [[Flinders Street railway station]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], designed by [[Fawcett and Ashworth]].		* January 22 – [[Flinders Street railway station]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia, designed by [[Fawcett and Ashworth]].
	* February – [[Birmingham Oratory]] in [[Birmingham]], England, designed by [[Edward Doran Webb]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Buildings of England: Warwickshire\|year=1986\|url=https://archive.org/details/bestbuildingsofe0000pevs\|url-access=registration\|authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner\|first=Nikolaus\|last=Pevsner}}</ref>		* February – [[Birmingham Oratory]] in [[Birmingham]], England, designed by [[Edward Doran Webb]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Buildings of England: Warwickshire\|year=1986\|url=https://archive.org/details/bestbuildingsofe0000pevs\|url-access=registration\|authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner\|first=Nikolaus\|last=Pevsner}}</ref>
	* [[May 11]] – [[Pan American Union Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]], designed by [[Paul Philippe Cret]] and [[Albert Kelsey]].		* May 11 – [[Pan American Union Building]], [[Washington, D.C.]], designed by [[Paul Philippe Cret]] and [[Albert Kelsey]].
	* June – [[Baku Puppet Theatre\|Abdulla Shaig Puppet Theatre]] in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]].		* June – [[Baku Puppet Theatre\|Abdulla Shaig Puppet Theatre]] in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]].
	* [[July 31]] – [[Split Rock Lighthouse]], Minnesota, designed by Ralph Russell Tinkham.		* July 31 – [[Split Rock Lighthouse]], Minnesota, designed by Ralph Russell Tinkham.
	* [[August 5]] – [[Pilgrim Monument]], Boston, Massachusetts, designed by [[Willard T. Sears]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Carpenter\|first=Edmund J.\|title=The Pilgrims and their Monument\|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028816664\|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts\|publisher=Privately printed\|year=1911\|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028816664/page/n354 265]}}</ref>		* August 5 – [[Pilgrim Monument]], Boston, Massachusetts, designed by [[Willard T. Sears]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Carpenter\|first=Edmund J.\|title=The Pilgrims and their Monument\|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028816664\|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts\|publisher=Privately printed\|year=1911\|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028816664/page/n354 265]}}</ref>
	* [[November 27]] – [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)]], designed by [[McKim, Mead and White]].		* November 27 – [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)]], designed by [[McKim, Mead and White]].

	===Buildings completed===		===Buildings completed===
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	* The [[Ducret Apartment Building]] in Nancy, designed by André and Charbonnier.		* The [[Ducret Apartment Building]] in Nancy, designed by André and Charbonnier.
	* [[Casa Milà]] in [[Barcelona]], designed by [[Antoni Gaudí]].		* [[Casa Milà]] in [[Barcelona]], designed by [[Antoni Gaudí]].
	* [[~~:File:Looshaus Michaelerplatz.JPG\|~~Goldman & Salatsch Building]] (the "Looshaus"), Michaelerplatz, [[Vienna]], designed by [[Adolf Loos]].		* [[Goldman & Salatsch Building]] (the "Looshaus"), Michaelerplatz, Vienna, designed by [[Adolf Loos]].
	* [[Steiner House]] in Vienna, designed by Adolf Loos.		* [[Steiner House]] in Vienna, designed by Adolf Loos.
	* [[Jacir Palace]] Hotel in Bethlehem.		* [[Jacir Palace]] Hotel in Bethlehem.
	* ~~[[:~~de~~:Gereonshaus~~\|Gereonshaus]] in [[Cologne]], designed by [[Carl Moritz (architect)\|Carl Moritz]].		* {{Interlanguage link\|Gereonshaus\|de\|Gereonshaus}} in [[Cologne]], designed by [[Carl Moritz (architect)\|Carl Moritz]].
	* [[National Museum of Finland]], Helsinki, designed by [[Herman Gesellius]], [[Armas Lindgren]] and [[Eliel Saarinen]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nba.fi/en/nationalmuseum/history_of_museum_and_building\|publisher=National Board of Antiquities\|title=History of the National Museum}}</ref>		* [[National Museum of Finland]], Helsinki, designed by [[Herman Gesellius]], [[Armas Lindgren]] and [[Eliel Saarinen]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nba.fi/en/nationalmuseum/history_of_museum_and_building\|publisher=National Board of Antiquities\|title=History of the National Museum}}</ref>
	* [[Liberty Tower (Manhattan)]] in New York, designed by [[Henry Ives Cobb]].		* [[Liberty Tower (Manhattan)]] in New York, designed by [[Henry Ives Cobb]].
	* Giesshübel warehouse in [[Zürich]], Switzerland, designed by [[Robert Maillart]].		* Giesshübel warehouse in [[Zürich]], Switzerland, designed by [[Robert Maillart]].
	* ~~Catholic~~ [[St John the Baptist Cathedral~~, Norwich\|church of St John the Baptist~~, Norwich]], England, to the 1882 design of [[George Gilbert Scott Jr.]]		* [[St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich]], England, to the 1882 design of [[George Gilbert Scott Jr.]]

	==Awards==		==Awards==
	* [[Royal Institute of British Architects\|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Thomas Graham Jackson]].		* [[Royal Institute of British Architects\|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Thomas Graham Jackson]].
	* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: ~~[[:fr:~~Fernand Janin\|Fernand Janin]].		* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: {{Interlanguage link\|Fernand Janin\|fr\|Fernand Janin}}.

	==Births==		==Births==
	* [[May 23]] – Sir [[Hugh Casson]], British architect, interior designer, artist, influential writer and broadcaster (died ~~[[1999 in architecture\|~~1999]])		* May 23 – Sir [[Hugh Casson]], British architect, interior designer, artist, influential writer and broadcaster (died 1999)
	* [[June 26]] – [[Maciej Nowicki (architect)\|Maciej Nowicki]], Polish architect, chief architect of the new Indian city of [[Chandigarh]] (died [[1950 ~~in architecture\|1950]]~~)		* June 26 – [[Maciej Nowicki (architect)\|Maciej Nowicki]], Polish architect, chief architect of the new Indian city of [[Chandigarh]] (died 1950)
	* [[July 2]] – [[Richard Sheppard (architect)\|Richard Sheppard]], English architect specializing in educational buildings (died ~~[[1982 in architecture\|~~1982]])		* July 2 – [[Richard Sheppard (architect)\|Richard Sheppard]], English architect specializing in educational buildings (died 1982)
	* [[August 7]] – [[Lucien Hervé]], Hungarian-born architectural photographer (died ~~[[2007 in architecture\|~~2007]])		* August 7 – [[Lucien Hervé]], Hungarian-born architectural photographer (died 2007)
	* [[August 12]] – [[Eliot Noyes]], American architect and industrial designer (died [[1977 ~~in architecture\|1977]]~~)		* August 12 – [[Eliot Noyes]], American architect and industrial designer (died 1977)
	* [[August 20]] – [[Eero Saarinen]], Finnish American architect and industrial designer (died ~~[[1961 in architecture\|~~1961]]), son of [[Eliel Saarinen]]		* August 20 – [[Eero Saarinen]], Finnish American architect and industrial designer (died 1961), son of [[Eliel Saarinen]]

	==Deaths==		==Deaths==
	[[File:Sir Thomas Drew circa 1870.png\|thumb\|upright\|[[Thomas Drew ~~(architect)\|Thomas Drew]]~~]]		[[File:Sir Thomas Drew circa 1870.png\|thumb\|upright\|Sir Thomas Drew, died 13 March 1910]]
	* [[March 13]] – [[Sir Thomas Drew]], Irish architect (born [[1838 ~~in architecture\|1838]]~~)		* March 13 – [[Sir Thomas Drew]], Irish architect (born 1838)
	* [[May 14]] – [[Gaetano Koch]], Italian architect active in Rome (born [[1849 ~~in architecture\|1849]]~~)		* May 14 – [[Gaetano Koch]], Italian architect active in Rome (born 1849)
	* [[August 24]] – [[Juste Lisch]], French architect (born [[1828 ~~in architecture\|1828]]~~)		* August 24 – [[Juste Lisch]], French architect (born 1828)

	==References==		==References==