1908 in architecture

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The year 1908 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Buildings
2 Events
3 Awards
4 Births
5 Deaths

Buildings

April 6 - The foundation stone of Knox College, Otago, is laid.
Emile Toussaint and Louis Marchal complete the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Meurthe-et-Moselle in Nancy, which is officially inaugurated on November 8, and features ironwork by Louis Majorelle and stained glass by Jacques Gruber.
The Gamble House in Pasadena, California, designed by Henry Mather Greene and Charles Sumner Greene, is completed.

Events

Ornament and Crime essay by Adolf Loos argues for the exclusion of ornamentation from buildings.

Awards

Royal Gold Medal - Honore Daumet

Births

May 23 - Max Abramovitz, US architect (d. 2004)

Deaths

February 13 - Sir James Knowles, English architect and editor, 76
September 15 - Friedrich Adler, German architect and archaeologist, 80