1903 in architecture
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The year 1903 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- September - First Garden City Ltd formed to develop Letchworth in England with Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin as architects.
- The Group Plan for the civic center of Cleveland, Ohio, by Daniel Burnham, Arnold Brunner, and John Carrere is released.
- Giles Gilbert Scott wins the competition to design Liverpool Cathedral.
Buildings completed
- The Beurs van Berlage (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), designed by Hendrik Berlage.
- Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
- Juselius Mausoleum, Pori, Finland, designed by Josef Stenbäck.[1]
- Palazzo Castiglioni (Milan), Italy, designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga.
- Wemyss Bay railway station in Scotland, designed by James Miller (rebuilt).
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Charles Follen McKim.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Léon Jaussely.
Births
- June 17 - A. Hays Town, US architect known for commercial and domestic architecture (died 2005)
- July 16 - Adalberto Libera, Italian Modernist architect (died 1963)
- July 18 - Victor Gruen, Austrian-born architect of shopping malls (died 1980)[2]
- August 21 - F. S. Platou, Norwegian architect (died 1980)
- October 18 - Albert Frey, US "desert modernist" architect (died 1998)
- October 24 - Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (died 1999)
Deaths
- August 28 - Frederick Law Olmsted, US landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (born 1822)[3]
- November 16 - Camillo Sitte, Austrian architect, painter and city planner (born 1843)
- date unknown - Louis-Daniel Perrier, Swiss architect (born 1818)[4]
References
- ↑ The Juselius Mausoleum City of Pori. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ Alex Wall: Victor Gruen: From Urban Shop to New City, Actar, Barcelona, 2006, ISBN 978-84-95951-87-8
- ↑ "F. L Olmsted is Dead; End Comes to Great Landscape Architect at Waverly, Mass. Designer of Central and Prospect Parks and Other Famous Garden Spots of American Cities." New York Times. August 29, 1903.
- ↑ 1903 in architecture at the archINFORM database