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==Events== | ==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 | * [[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| | [[File:Casa Milà (1914).jpg|thumb|Casa Milà in Barcelona, Spain]] | ||
[[File:Wien Hietzing, St.-Veit-Gasse 10 - 1.JPG|thumb| | [[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]]. | ||
* 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]]. | ||
* 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. | ||
* | * 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=== | ===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]]. | ||
* [[ | * [[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. | ||
* | * {{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]]. | ||
* | * [[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: | * [[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) | ||
* | * 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) | ||
* | * August 7 – [[Lucien Hervé]], Hungarian-born architectural photographer (died 2007) | ||
* | * August 12 – [[Eliot Noyes]], American architect and industrial designer (died 1977) | ||
* | * 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| | [[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) | ||
* | * May 14 – [[Gaetano Koch]], Italian architect active in Rome (born 1849) | ||
* | * August 24 – [[Juste Lisch]], French architect (born 1828) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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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
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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.[1]
- May 11 – Pan American Union Building, Washington, D.C., designed by Paul Philippe Cret and Albert Kelsey.
- June – 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.[2]
- November 27 – Pennsylvania Station (New York City), designed by McKim, Mead and White.
Buildings completed
- The Renauld Bank in 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.
- Goldman & Salatsch Building (the "Looshaus"), Michaelerplatz, Vienna, designed by Adolf Loos.
- Steiner House in Vienna, designed by Adolf Loos.
- Jacir Palace Hotel in Bethlehem.
- Template:Interlanguage link in Cologne, designed by Carl Moritz.
- National Museum of Finland, Helsinki, designed by Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen.[3]
- Liberty Tower (Manhattan) in New York, designed by Henry Ives Cobb.
- Giesshübel warehouse in Zürich, Switzerland, designed by Robert Maillart.
- St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich, England, to the 1882 design of George Gilbert Scott Jr.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Thomas Graham Jackson.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Template:Interlanguage link.
Births
- May 23 – Sir Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, influential writer and broadcaster (died 1999)
- June 26 – Maciej Nowicki, Polish architect, chief architect of the new Indian city of Chandigarh (died 1950)
- July 2 – Richard Sheppard, English architect specializing in educational buildings (died 1982)
- August 7 – Lucien Hervé, Hungarian-born architectural photographer (died 2007)
- August 12 – Eliot Noyes, American architect and industrial designer (died 1977)
- August 20 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish American architect and industrial designer (died 1961), son of Eliel Saarinen
Deaths
- March 13 – Sir Thomas Drew, Irish architect (born 1838)
- May 14 – Gaetano Koch, Italian architect active in Rome (born 1849)
- August 24 – Juste Lisch, French architect (born 1828)
References
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