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1841 In Architecture
The year 1841 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * April 13 – Original Semperoper in Dresden, designed by Gottfried Semper, opened. * September 2 – Leeds Parish Church reconsecrated after reconstruction. * Pori Old Town Hall in Finland, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel, completed. Publications * English architect Augustus Pugin publishes an article on English parish churches in the ''Dublin Review'' (London Catholic periodical); two lectures on ''The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture'' and a revised edition of his 1836 book ''Contrasts''. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Alexis Paccard. Births * February 7 – Auguste Choisy, French architect (died 1909) * July – Richard Carpenter, English architect (died 1893) * July 10 – John Belcher, English architect (died 1913) * July 17 – John Oldrid Scott, English architect (died 1913) * July 13 – Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (died 1918) * Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 In Architecture
The year 1913 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures *Work on Gartenstadt Falkenberg (''Tuschkastensiedlung'', "Paintbox Estate") in Bohnsdorf, earliest of the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (''Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne''), begins to a design by Bruno Taut. Buildings * February 1 – Grand Central Terminal, rebuilt, re-opens in New York City, United States. * April 24 – The Woolworth Building opens in New York City, United States, designed by Cass Gilbert; the tallest building in the world at this date (1913 until 1930). * May 20 – Centennial Hall in Breslau (Wrocław), designed by Max Berg. * May 26 – Campbeltown Picture House (cinema) opens in Scotland, designed by Albert V. Gardner. * May 31 – The Carol I Mosque (today known as the Grand Mosque of Constanța) in Constanța, Romania, designed by George Constantinescu, is inaugurated. * July 20 – New Town Hall (Hanover), designed by Hermann Eggert and Gustav Halmhuber, op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 Works
Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the island records a population of about 7,500. * January 27 – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered, and named by James Clark Ross. * January 28 – Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror. * January 30 – A fire ruins and destroys two-thirds of the villa (modern-day city) of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. * February 4 – First known reference to Groundhog Day in North America, in the diary of a James Morris. * February 10 – The Act of Union (''British North America Act'', 1840) is proclaimed in Canada. * February 11 – The two colonies of the Canadas are merged, into the United Province of Canada. * February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
