1915 in architecture
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The year 1915 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
[edit]Buildings opened
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- April – The Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition, designed by Jan Letzel, is opened; it becomes the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
- April 21 – Theatre Circo, Braga, Portugal.[1]
- November 6 – Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Pennsylvania, designed by Abraham Burton Cohen.
Buildings completed
[edit]- Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, designed by George Wittet.[2]
- Kumarakottam Temple, Kanchipuram, India rebuilt.
- Yosemite Lodge at the Falls, Yosemite Village, California.
- Well Hall Estate for arsenal workers at Woolwich in south-east London, designed by Frank Baines.
Awards
[edit]- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Frank Darling.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: not held.
Births
[edit]- April 22 – Edward Larrabee Barnes, American architect (died 2004)
- May 8 – Laurent Chappis, French architect and town planner (died 2013)
- October 4 – Beverly Loraine Greene, African American architect (died 1957)
- December 12 – Tobias Faber, Danish architect and academic (died 2010)
- December 31 – George Pace, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1975)
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Deaths
[edit]- February 17 – George Franklin Barber, American residential architect (born 1854)
- April 17 – Philip Webb, English architect (born 1831)
- May 28 – Robert Chisholm, British "Indo-Saracenic" architect (born 1840)[3]
- June 25 – John James Clark, Australian architect (born 1838)
- July 11 – Albert Schickedanz, Austro-Hungarian architect and painter in the Eclectic style (born 1846)
References
[edit]- ^ Dinis, António; Bandeira, Filomena (2002). SIPA (ed.). "Teatro Circo de Braga (n.PT010303420055)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10.
- ^ "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai". Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ Jeyaraj, George J. "Indo-Saracenic Architecture in Chennai" (PDF). Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.