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* [[January 17]] – [[Gunnar Birkerts]], Latvian American architect (died [[2017 in architecture|2017]]) | * [[January 17]] – [[Gunnar Birkerts]], Latvian American architect (died [[2017 in architecture|2017]]) | ||
* [[April 6]] – [[Paul Ritter (architect)|Paul Ritter]], Australian architect, town planner, sociologist, artist and author (died [[2010 in architecture|2010]]) | * [[April 6]] – [[Paul Ritter (architect)|Paul Ritter]], Australian architect, town planner, sociologist, artist and author (died [[2010 in architecture|2010]]) | ||
* [[May 18]] – [[Justus Dahinden]], Swiss architect and writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Justus_Dahinden.html|title=Justus Dahinden|work=Great Buildings|access-date=2014-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613235750/http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Justus_Dahinden.html|archive-date=2014-06-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> | * [[May 18]] – [[Justus Dahinden]], Swiss architect and writer (died [[2020]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Justus_Dahinden.html|title=Justus Dahinden|work=Great Buildings|access-date=2014-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613235750/http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Justus_Dahinden.html|archive-date=2014-06-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* [[May 31]] – [[Frei Otto]], German Pritzker Prize-winning architect and structural engineer (died [[2015 in architecture|2015]]) | * [[May 31]] – [[Frei Otto]], German Pritzker Prize-winning architect and structural engineer (died [[2015 in architecture|2015]]) | ||
* [[June 25]] – [[Robert Venturi]], American Pulitzer Prize-winning architect (died [[2018 in architecture|2018]]) | * [[June 25]] – [[Robert Venturi]], American Pulitzer Prize-winning architect (died [[2018 in architecture|2018]]) | ||
Latest revision as of 09:26, 16 June 2025
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The year 1925 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- April–October – International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) in Paris.
- May 25 – Second Madison Square Garden (the version built 1890 and designed by Stanford White) is closed on this date and demolished shortly after.[1]
- St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church (12th century) is shipped from Sacramenia, Segovia, Spain to the United States by William Randolph Hearst.
Buildings and structures
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Buildings opened
- November 18 – Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University, designed by Delano & Aldrich[2][3] opens. 4,800 people come to see the building on opening day, followed by 3,000 people the next day.[4]
Buildings completed
- Mount Pleasant Library (Washington, D.C.), designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton, opens.
- Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv), designed by Yehuda Magidovitch, is completed.
- Administration Building at Texas Technological College (modern-day Texas Tech University) in Lubbock, Texas, designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick, opens.
- Altare della Patria (Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II) in Rome, designed by Giuseppe Sacconi (died 1905) in 1884, is completed.
- Uppståndelsekapellet (Resurrection Chapel), Skogskyrkogården (Woodland Cemetery), Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz, is built.
- Villa Le Trident at Théoule-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, designed by Barry Dierks, is built.
- Government House of Thailand, in Bangkok, then known as Baan Norasingha (Template:Langx), designed by Corrado Feroci.
Awards
- AIA Gold Medal – Edwin Lutyens; Bertram Goodhue.
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Giles Gilbert Scott.
- Prix de Rome, architecture: Alfred Audoul.
Births
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- January 14 – Aarno Ruusuvuori, Finnish architect (died 1992)
- January 17 – Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian American architect (died 2017)
- April 6 – Paul Ritter, Australian architect, town planner, sociologist, artist and author (died 2010)
- May 18 – Justus Dahinden, Swiss architect and writer (died 2020)[5]
- May 31 – Frei Otto, German Pritzker Prize-winning architect and structural engineer (died 2015)
- June 25 – Robert Venturi, American Pulitzer Prize-winning architect (died 2018)
- August 20 – Henning Larsen, Danish architect (died 2013)
Deaths
- January 8 – Stewart Henbest Capper, British Arts and Crafts architect (born 1859)
- April 13 – August Endell, German Jugendstil architect and designer (born 1871)
- September 13 – Emily Elizabeth Holman, American architect (born 1854)
- December 26 – Jan Letzel, Czech architect (born 1880)[6]