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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

Buildings opened

thumb|The [[Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia]]

  • Electric Tower, in Buffalo, New York, designed by Esenwein & Johnson
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mawson's Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Australian Antarctic Territory
  • 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.
  • 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