1905 in architecture

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The year 1905 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• October 18 - London County Council's new street at Kingsway and redevelopment of Aldwych are opened.
• Work begins on Stoclet Palace, Brussels, designed by Josef Hoffmann.
• Formation of the Dresden Die Brücke expressionist architecture movement.

Berlin Cathedral around date of completion

Buildings opened

• February 27 - Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany, is inaugurated.^[1]
• June 11 - National Theatre of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
• September 27 - Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium, opened by Leopold II of Belgium.^[2]

Buildings completed

• Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
• Lands Administration Building in Brisbane, Australia, designed by Thomas Pye.
• St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, completed by József Kauser to an 1851 design by Miklós Ybl.
• Salepçioğlu Mosque in İzmir, Turkey.
• Hôtel de ville (city halll) in Sfax, Tunisia, designed by Raphaël Guy.
• Voewood, High Kelling, Norfolk, England, designed by E. S. Prior.
• Antwerpen-Centraal railway station in Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie.
• Murry Guggenheim House in West Long Branch, New Jersey, designed by Carrère and Hastings.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Aston Webb.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Henry Krehbiel.

Arcade du Cinquantenaire, Brussels

Births

• February 13 - Werner Schindler, Swiss architect and Olympic medallist (died 1986)^[3]
• March 19 - Albert Speer, German architect and politician (died 1981)^[4]
• April 13 - Bernard Rudofsky, Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer and social historian (died 1988)^[5]
• June 24 - Michael Scott, Irish architect (died 1989)
• December 18 - Roy Grounds, Australian architect (died 1981)^[6]

Deaths

• March 9 - Ludvig Fenger, City Architect of Copenhagen (born 1833
• July 24 - Adolf Cluss, German-born American engineer architect in Washington, D.C. (born 1825)^[7]
• August 2 - Cesar Castellani, Maltese architect working in British Guiana
• August 22 - Alfred Waterhouse, English architect of the Gothic Revival (born 1830)^[8]

References

1. Pohl, Michael, Johann S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Josef Rheinberger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, and Max Reger (1993). Die Grosse Sauer-Orgel Im Berliner Dom (Sound recording). Düsseldorf, Germany: Motette. OCLC 33188606.
2. "Arcade et hémicycle Parc du Cinquantenaire" (in French). L'inventaire du patrimoine architectural de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
3. "Werner Schindler". databaseOlympics.com.
4. Fest, Joachim (2007), Albert Speer: Conversations with Hitler's Architect, translated by Patrick Camiller, Polity Press, ISBN 978-0-7456-3918-5
5. Guarneri, Andrea Bocco (2003). Bernard Rudofsky: A Humane Designer. Wien: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-211-83719-1.
6. Taylor, Jennifer (1990). Australian Architecture Since 1960. RAIA.
7. "Adolf Cluss Exhibition Project".
8. "Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905)". Royal Berkshire History. David Nash Ford. 2003. Archived from the original on 2005-07-05. Retrieved 2005-06-29.