1900 in architecture
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The year 1900 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- July 19 - The Paris Métro opens, with entrances designed by Hector Guimard in 1899.
- Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Parc Güell, which he works on for the next fourteen years.
- The Gare d'Orsay, the modern-day Musée d'Orsay, is built in Paris by Victor Laloux.
- The Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower at the University of Birmingham, England, is completed.
- The OXO Tower in London, England, is completed.
- The Royer Printing House, designed by Lucien Weissenburger, is completed.
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn, designed by Mikhail Preobrazhensky, is completed.
- Dohodno Zdanie, Rousse, Bulgaria.
- Villa Schutzenberger in Strasbourg, France, is completed.
- Kinloch Castle on the isle of Rùm, Scotland, designed by Leeming & Leeming, is completed.
- Bullough Mausoleum on the isle of Rùm, Scotland, built (approximate date).
- Victoria Theatre, Salford, England opens.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Paul Bigot.
Births
- February 6 - Paul László, Hungarian-born architect (died 1993)
- March 23 - Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (died 1989)
- April 5 - Herbert Bayer, Austrian-born graphic designer (died 1985)
- October 8 - Geoffrey Jellicoe, English landscape architect (died 1996)
- November 3 - Guillermo Gonzalez Sanchez, Dominican architect (died 1970)
Deaths
- February 23 - William Butterfield, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1814)
- April 16 - Dankmar Adler, German American architect (born 1844)
- June 2 - Charles Barry, Jr., English architect (born 1823)
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