1908 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1908 in architecture
The year 1908 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Casa de Nariño in Bogotá , Colombia
Buildings completed
Gamble House
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
Max Bill
Births
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
References
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