1912 in architecture

none 1912 architecture The year 1912 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events Clough Williams-Ellis receives his first major architectural commission, for the remodelling of Llangoed Hall in Wales. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1912 Buildings opened thumb|The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia Electric Tower, in Buffalo, New York, designed by Esenwein & JohnsonElectric Tower: Project Profile http://www.electrictower.com/project-profile/ The Electric Tower 23 February 2020 April 19 – Bridges in Constantine, Algeria: Sidi M'Cid Bridge, designed by Ferdinand Arnodin. Sidi Rached Bridge, designed by Paul Séjourné. April 25 – Rebuilt St Mark's Campanile in Venice inaugurated. May – Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts opens in Moscow, Russia. June – Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (opened by the Grand Trunk Railway as Ottawa's railway station)Kalman Harold Roaf John Exploring Ottawa: An Architectural Guide to the Nation's Capital https://archive.org/details/exploringottawa00haro registration University of Toronto Press Toronto 1983 October 12 – Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight (England), designed by Dom Paul Bellot, consecrated. December 26 – Opening of: Manchester Opera House, in Manchester, England, as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Farquarson.1247470 Grade II 1 August 2011 St. James Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by Henry Eli White. Buildings completed thumb|right|Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria. Mysore Palace, India, designed by Henry Irwin. El Centro Español de Tampa, Florida, USA."Ybor City Historic District". https://web.archive.org/web/20100612065319/http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Historic_Preservation/files/maps/yborhist_exp_12-10-01ri.pdf 2010-06-12 TampaGov. Retrieved May 6, 2010. Mawson's Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Australian Antarctic Territory105713 Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic Site Šaloun's Villa in Prague, designed by and for sculptor Ladislav Šaloun. The Salutation, Sandwich, Kent, England, designed by Edwin Lutyens with garden by Gertrude Jekyll. Sons of Norway Hall, Petersburg, Alaska, USA.2010a Glamorgan County Hall, Cardiff, Wales, designed by Vincent Harris and T. A. Moodie. Chengyang Bridge, China. Jackson Tower in Portland, Oregon The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts Sun Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Ritz-Carlton Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Awards Olympic gold medal – Eugène Monod & Alphone Laverrière of Switzerland for Building plan of a modern stadium. RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Basil Champneys. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jacques Debat-Ponsan. Births thumb|upright|Finn Juhl January 9 – Ralph Tubbs, British architect associated with the Festival of Britain (died 1996) January 30 – Finn Juhl, Danish architect, interior and industrial designer (died 1989) February 21 – Henry Bernard, French architect, designer of the Palace of Europe (died 1994) March 12 – Gordon Tait, British architect (died 1999) June 11 – Rosemary Stjernstedt, British architect (died 1998) June 30 – María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (died 2009) December 1 – Minoru Yamasaki, American World Trade Center architect (died 1986) December 15 – Ray Eames, American industrial designer, 2nd wife of Charles Eames (died 1988) Deaths February 8 – Constant-Désiré Despradelle, French architect and professor of architecture (born 1862) June 1 – Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner (born 1846) June 27 – Frank Furness, Philadelphia-based American architect (born 1839) November 17 – Richard Norman Shaw, British architect (born 1831) References