1919 in architecture

The year 1919 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

• 25 April – The Bauhaus architectural and design movement is founded in Weimar, Germany, by Walter Gropius.
• November – Start of the Glass Chain correspondence.^[1]
• Julia Morgan is selected as the architect for William Randolph Hearst's La Cuesta Encantada, better known as Hearst Castle, in San Simeon, California, USA.

Buildings and structures

 

Helsinki station, Finland

 

First Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland

Buildings opened

• 5 March – Rebuilt Helsinki Central railway station, designed by Eliel Saarinen.^[2][3]
• April – First Congregational Church of Albany, New York, USA, designed by Albert W. Fuller.
• September – Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York, USA, designed by Cass Gilbert.
• 11 November (Remembrance Day) – Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Henry Sproatt.
• 27 November – Laie Hawaii Temple, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, dedicated.
• 29 November – Großes Schauspielhaus in Berlin with interior remodelled as a theater by Hans Poelzig.
• Church of the Madonna della Difesa, Montreal, Canada.^[4]
• McMahon Building, better known as the "World's littlest skyscraper", by J. D. McMahon, in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas.

Buildings completed

• Het Schip, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by Michel de Klerk.
• First Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, by Rudolf Steiner.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Leonard Stokes.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Jacques Carlu and Jean-Jacques Haffner.

Births

 

Giancarlo De Carlo

• 3 January – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (died 1971)
• 21 June – Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect (died 2013)
• 23 July – Geoffrey Bawa, Ceylonese architect (died 2003)
• 12 December – Giancarlo De Carlo, Italian architect (died 2005)
• date unknown – Mualla Eyüboğlu, Turkish architect (died 2009)

Deaths

• 26 February – Paul Due, Norwegian architect of railway stations (born 1835)
• 12 August – Ernest Gimson, English "Arts and Crafts" architect and furniture designer (born 1864)
• 5 September – Frigyes Schulek, Hungarian architect (born 1841)
• 15 October – Adolf W. Edelsvärd, Swedish architect (born 1824)
• 6 November – Hans Christian Amberg, Danish architect (born 1837)

References

1. Whyte, Iain Boyd, ed. (1985). Crystal Chain Letters: Architectural Fantasies by Bruno Taut and His Circle. The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-23121-2.
2. Högström, Hilkka (1996). Helsingin rautatieasema / Helsinki railway station. Helsinki. ISBN 951-53-0533-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. Jokinen, Teppo (1998). "Eliel Saarinen – Main Station". In Thiel-Siling, Sabine (ed.). Icons of Architecture – the 20th century (2nd ed.). Munich: Prestel. pp. 24–5. ISBN 3-7913-1949-3.
4. Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Défense National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.