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1915 In Architecture
The year 1915 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * April – The ''Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition'', designed by Jan Letzel, is opened; it becomes the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. * April 21 – Theatre Circo, Braga, Portugal. * November 6 – Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Pennsylvania, designed by Abraham Burton Cohen. Buildings completed * Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, designed by George Wittet. * 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 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Frank Darling. * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: not held. Births * April 22 – Edward Larrabee Barnes, American architect (died 2004) * May 8 – Laurent Chappis, French architect and town planner (died 2013) * October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Wales Museum, Mumbai 01
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The female equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word ''prince'', from the Latin noun , from (first) and (head), meaning "the first, foremost, the chief, most distinguished, noble ruler, prince". Historical background The Latin word (older Latin *prīsmo-kaps, literally "the one who takes the first lace/position), became the usual title of the informal leader of the Roman senate some centuries before the transition to empire, the ''princeps senatus''. Emperor Augustus established the formal position of monarch on the basis of principate, not dominion. He also tasked his grandsons as summer rulers of the city when most of the government were on holiday in the country or attending religious rituals, and, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Institute Of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supplemental charters and a new charter granted in 1971. Founded as the Institute of British Architects in London in 1834, the RIBA retains a central London headquarters at 66 Portland Place as well as a network of regional offices. Its members played a leading part in promotion of architectural education in the United Kingdom; the RIBA Library, also established in 1834, is one of the three largest architectural libraries in the world and the largest in Europe. The RIBA also played a prominent role in the development of UK architects' registration bodies. The institute administers some of the oldest architectural awards in the world, including RIBA President's Medals Students Award, the Royal Gold Medal, and the Stirling Prize. It also manages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 12
Events Pre-1600 * 627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. *1388 – Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice. 1601–1900 * 1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution. * 1862 – American Civil War: sinks on the Yazoo River. * 1866 – Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers. * 1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman. 1901–present * 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" ••in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland. *1915 – Yuan Shikai declares the establishment of the Empire of China and proclaims himself Emperor. * 1917 – Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for waywar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 In Architecture
The year 1957 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * July 20 – Civic Trust (England), founded by Duncan Sandys to promote improvement of the built environment, holds its inaugural conference. * Byrd Station commissioned in West Antarctica. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * July 22 – Fazle Omar Mosque, Hamburg, Germany. * September 19 – The Congress Hall Berlin, Germany is opened. * October 15 ** Torre de Madrid, one of the tallest buildings in Spain, designed by Julián and José María Otamendi Machimbarrena. ** Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in China, with Wang Juqian as chief engineer. * Otaniemi Chapel, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, designed by Heikki and Kaija Siren. * Church of St. Bonifatius, Kassel, Germany, designed by Architekturbüro Josef Bieling, consecrated. * St Luke's Church, Pinner, England, designed by F. X. Velarde. * First stage of Golden Lane Estate in Finsbury, designed by Chamberlin, Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Loraine Greene
Beverly Lorraine Greene (October 4, 1915 – August 22, 1957), was an American architect. According to architectural editor Dreck Spurlock Wilson, she was "believed to have been the first African-American female licensed as an architect in the United States." She was registered as an architect in Illinois in 1942. Biography Beverly Lorraine Greene was born on October 4, 1915, to attorney James A. Greene and his wife Vera of Chicago, Illinois. The family was of African-American heritage. She had no brothers or sisters. She attended the racially integrated University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC), graduating with a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering in 1936, the first African-American woman to earn this degree from the university. A year later she earned a master in city planning and housing. She was also involved in the drama club ''Cenacle'' and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The following year, she earned her master's degree from U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 4
Events Pre-1600 *AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. *1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. *1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end. *1363 – Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang. *1511 – Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France. *1535 – The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. *1582 – The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. *1597 – Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the state of Georgia. 1601–1900 *1602 – Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel. *1636 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 In Architecture
The year 2013 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * March 1 – The first phase of the Old Port of Marseille renewal is inaugurated. * March 28 – Paradise Center, in Sofia, the largest shopping mall in Bulgaria. * April 13 – The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam reopens its doors after a 10-year restoration and renovation project. * April 24 – The late-11th-century minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo is destroyed during Syrian civil war fighting. * May 10 – One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the United States and the third-tallest building in the world by pinnacle height (not yet complete). * June 12 – The Berlin City Palace foundation stone laying ceremony is held in Berlin. The building is expected to be completed in 2019. * July 11 – Work begins on a Lego model of Durham Cathedral in England, the beginning of a huge fund-raising effort. * August 3 – The Shanghai Tower, topping out ceremony is held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Chappis
Laurent Chappis (8 May 1915 – 28 December 2013) was a French architect and town planner. He was born in Aix-les-Bains, France in May 1915. He created the French ski resort of Courchevel located in the Trois Vallées and in doing so practically wrote the rule book on how to design a ski resort. Chappis was a keen ski tourer exploring the mountains around Grenoble in the 1930s before joining the army and serving in the early stages of World War II. A decorated war hero he was captured in an attack on a German position in the final days before the French surrender and served five years in a PoW camp in Austria. He completed his doctorate in captivity, the subject was the development of a ski resort in the Trois Vallées area. His ideas were often controversial, especially with developers more concerned with profits than aesthetics. This led him to be nicknamed the ''Anarchitecte''. In the 1960s he was appointed as a United Nations expert on mountain development. A nomination that ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 8
Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths. * 589 – Reccared I opens the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church. * 1360 – Treaty of Brétigny drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good).p118 Hersch Lauterpacht, "Volume 20 of International Law Reports, Cambridge University Press, 1957, * 1373 – Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her ''Revelations of Divine Love''. *1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Architecture
The year 2004 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * January 28 – Transformation AGO: The Art Gallery of Ontario announces that Frank Gehry has designed a renovation and expansion of the gallery. Supposedly in the shape of an ice skate, the change is met with opposition by frequent benefactor Kenneth Thomson. * March 24 – Demolition of the Brutalist Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, England ( 1966) begins. * June – Plans for The Cloud, a "Fourth Grace" at Liverpool Pier Head in England by Will Alsop, are abandoned. Buildings and structures Buildings * March 16 – Ray and Maria Stata Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, designed by Frank Gehry, is opened. * April 8 – ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (art museum) in Aarhus, Denmark, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, is opened. * April 28 – 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London (the Swiss Re building), designed by Norman Foster, is completed. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Larrabee Barnes
Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004) was an American architect. His work was characterized by the "fusing [of] Modernism with vernacular architecture and understated design." Barnes was best known for his adherence to strict geometry, simple monolithic shapes and attention to material detail. Among his best-known projects are the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Haystack School, Christian Theological Seminary, Dallas Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, 599 Lexington Avenue, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, and the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue. Early life and education Barnes was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a family he described as "incense-swinging High Episcopalians", consisting of Cecil Barnes, a lawyer, and Margaret Ayer Barnes, Margaret Helen Ayer, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for the novel ''Year of Grace''. Barnes graduated from Harvard in 1938 after studying English and Art History before switching to architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 22
Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues () east of the Moluccas. 1601–1900 * 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. * 1836 – Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity. * 1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription ''In God We Trust'' be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. * 1876 – The first Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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