1904 in architecture
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The year 1904 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May - The Ford Motor Company approves construction of the Piquette Plant, a New England mill-style building in Detroit, Michigan, USA.[1]
Buildings opened
- May 3 - Midtgulen Church, in Bremanger Municipality, Norway, designed by Lars Sølvberg, is consecrated by Bishop Johan Willoch Erichsen..[2]
Buildings completed
- Batumi Synagogue, Georgia, designed by Semyon Vulkovich.[3]
- The Bergeret House in Nancy, France, by Lucien Weissenburger, with ironwork by Louis Majorelle, interior paintings by Victor Prouvé, stained glass by Jacques Gruber, and woodwork by Eugène Vallin.
- The Villa des Roches, designed by Émile André as his own house, in the Parc de Saurupt in Nancy, France.
- The Larkin Administration Building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Larkin Soap Company of Buffalo, New York.
- The Mayoralty of Baku, final work of Józef Gosławski.
- Rue Franklin Apartments, Paris, by Auguste Perret and his brother Gustave, an early example of an exposed reinforced concrete frame building.[4]
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Auguste Choisy.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
- April 18 - Giuseppe Terragni, Italian Rationalist architect (died 1943)
- June 8 - Bruce Goff, US residential architect (died 1982)[5]
- September 29 - Egon Eiermann, German architect (died 1970)
Deaths
- October 4 - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor, designer of the Statue of Liberty (born 1834)[6]
References
- ↑ "Ford Piquette Avenue Plant". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
- ↑ Aaraas, Margrethe; Venden, Sigurd (2000). "Midtgulen Church". Sogn og Fjordane Arkiv. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ↑ Batumi: sights. Official website of Batumi. Retrieved on May 10, 2009
- ↑ "Rue Franklin Apartments". GreatBuildings. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ↑ Peter Eisenman, Giuseppe Terragni: Transformations, Decompositions, Critiques, New York: The Monacelli Press, 2003.
- ↑ Belot, Robert & Daniel Bermond (2004). Bartholdi.
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