1919 in architecture

none 1919 architecture The year 1919 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events 25 April – The Bauhaus architectural and design movement is founded in Weimar, Germany, by Walter Gropius. November – Start of the Glass Chain correspondence.Whyte, Iain Boyd, ed. (1985). Crystal Chain Letters: Architectural Fantasies by Bruno Taut and His Circle. The MIT Press. 0-262-23121-2. 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 thumb|Helsinki station, Finland thumb|First Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland Buildings opened 5 March – Rebuilt Helsinki Central railway station, designed by Eliel Saarinen.Helsingin rautatieasema / Helsinki railway station Hilkka Högström Helsinki 1996 951-53-0533-0Jokinen Teppo Thiel-Siling, Sabine Icons of Architecture – the 20th century 2nd 1998 Prestel Munich 3-7913-1949-3 24–5 Eliel Saarinen – Main Station registration https://archive.org/details/iconsofarchitect00thie/page/24 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. 16 October – Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14092&ArticleId=611911 Historic San Juan Hotel Reopens After 15 Years Latin American Herald Tribune June 28, 2018 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235512/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14092&ArticleId=611911 dead 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.7409 Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Défense National Historic Site of Canada 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 thumb|upright|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