1917 in architecture

none 1917 architecture The year 1917 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events The journal De Stijl is first published by Theo van Doesburg. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1917 Buildings thumb|Het Schip design The Het Schip housing scheme designed by Michel de Klerk in Amsterdam is started. The Lister County Courthouse (Listers härads tingshus) designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund in a Mannerist style in Sölvesborg, Sweden is started. Buildings completed Cunard Building, Liverpool, England, designed by William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse. Edificio Correos, San José, Costa RicaBaker, C. P. Costa Rica Dorling Kindersley Eye Witness Travel Guides 2005 58–9 Livermore House, San Francisco, California, USA, designed by Julia Morgan. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, designed by York and SawyerRhode Island Hospital Trust Co Building http://guide.ppsri.org/property/rhode-island-hospital-trust-co-building Guide to Providence Architecture Providence Preservation Society 7 October 2019 Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Henri Paul Nenot. Births thumb|I. M. Pei March 2 – Laurie Baker, British-born Indian architect, known for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture (died 2007) April 26 – I. M. Pei, Chinese American architect often called a master of modern architectureWiseman Carter I.M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture New York H. N. Abrams 2001 0-8109-3477-9 11 (died 2019) July 6 – Wang Da-hong, Chinese-born Taiwanese architect (died 2018) September 14 – Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (died 2007) December 8 – Nisse Strinning, Swedish architect and designer (died 2006) December 10 – Eladio Dieste, Uruguayan engineer and architect (died 2000) Deaths January 19 – E. R. Robson, English school architect (born 1836) February 8 – Thomas Arboe, Danish railway station architect (born 1837) July 2 – Gerald Horsley, English architect (born 1862) August 4 – C. W. Stephens, English commercial architect (born c.1845) September 23 – Robert Swain Peabody, Boston architect (born 1845) November 23 – William Ralph Emerson, American architect (born 1833) December 30 – Gustaf Nyström, Finnish architect (born 1856) References