1908 in architecture
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The year 1908 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- April 6 – The foundation stone of Knox College, Otago, is laid.
- St. Mary's Church, Wellingborough, England, is designed by Ninian Comper.
- The Georgian Society is founded in Dublin on 21 February 1908 by John Pentland Mahaffy, Walter G. Strickland and Richard Orpen.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- May 1 – Singer Building in New York City, completed with tower, designed by Ernest Flagg. It is the world's tallest building for a year. Demolished 1968.
- July 20 – Casa de Nariño, official residence of the President of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, designed by Gastón Lelarge.[1]
- November 8 – Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Meurthe-et-Moselle in Nancy, France, designed by Emile Toussaint and Louis Marchal and featuring ironwork by Louis Majorelle and stained glass by Jacques Gruber.
Buildings completed
- The Gamble House in Pasadena, California, designed by Henry Mather Greene and Charles Sumner Greene.
- British Medical Association Building, London, designed by Charles Holden with sculptures by Jacob Epstein, is completed.[2]
- St. Andrew's United Church in Cairo, Egypt.
- St. Patrick's Church, Toronto, Canada, designed by Arthur W. Holmes.
- Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend, Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie.
- Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, United States, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Old Colony Club on Madison Avenue in New York City, designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White.[3]
Awards
Births
- January 7 – Frederick Gibberd, English architect (died 1984)
- May 23 – Max Abramovitz, American architect (died 2004)
- October 13 – Francis Skinner, Malaysian-born English architect (died 1998)
- December 22 – Max Bill, Swiss architect, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer (died 1994)
Deaths
- January 2 – Alexander Davidson, Scottish architect active in Australia, 68
- February 3 – Ferdinand Meldahl, Danish architect best known for the reconstruction of Frederiksborg Palace, 80
- February 13 – Sir James Knowles, English architect and editor, 76
- September 15 – Friedrich Adler, German architect and archaeologist, 80
- November 26 – William Swinden Barber, English architect, 76