1900 in architecture

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Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• July 19 - The Paris Métro opens, with entrances designed by Hector Guimard in 1899.
• Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Parc Güell, which he works on for the next fourteen years.
• The Gare d'Orsay, now the famous Musée d'Orsay, is built in Paris by Victor Laloux.
• The Joseph Camberlain Clock Tower in Birmingham, United Kingdom is completed.
• The OXO Tower in London, United Kingdom is completed.
• The Royer Printing House, designed by Lucien Weissenburger, is completed.
• Dohodno Zdanie, Rousse, Bulgaria

[edit] Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani

[edit] Births

• February 6 - Paul Laszlo (died 1993)

[edit] Deaths

• April 16 - Dankmar Adler (born 1844)
• Charles Barry (junior) (born 1823)