1898 in architecture
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The year 1898 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings
- St. Paul Building in New York City is completed as one of the tallest buildings in the world.
- The Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia is completed.
- The Lubyanka Building (headquarters of the All-Russia Insurance Company) in Moscow is built.
Events
- To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform is published by Ebenezer Howard, calling for the creation of garden cities.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - George Aitchison.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
- February 3 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer, sculptor and painter.[1] (died 1976)
- February 19 - Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Danish architect and urban planner (died 1990)
- September 20 - Elisabeth Scott, British architect who designed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon[2] (died 1972)
- October 4 - Jo van den Broek, Dutch architect (died 1978)
Deaths
- August 3 - Charles Garnier, French architect (born 1825)[3]
- September 28 - Thomas Fuller, Canadian architect (born 1823)
References
- ^ Chilvers, Ian, ed. (2004) [1988]. "Aalto, Alvar". The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3rd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860476-9.
- ^ Richardson, Albert (22 April 1932; quoted in Walker (1999: 257)). "Shakespeare Memorial Theatre". The Builder. 142: 718.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Mead, Christopher Curtis (1991). Charles Garnier's Paris Opéra: Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French Classicism. New York: The Architectural History Foundation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262132756.