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1866 In Architecture
The year 1866 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * The seat of the Norwegian Parliament, Storting building, designed by Emil Victor Langlet, Inaugurated 5 March * The building of Nationalgalerie starts in Berlin, designed by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack. * The New Synagogue, Berlin, Germany is completed by Friedrich August Stüler to the design of Eduard Knoblauch. * St. Mark's Church, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, designed by Robert Lewis Roumieu, is consecrated. * The Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Australia by architect William Pitt is completed. * Basilique Notre-Dame de Marienthal is completed Awards * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Matthew Digby Wyatt. * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Louis Pascal. Births * February 15 – Banister Fletcher, English architect and architectural historian (died 1953) * February 23 – Joseph Miller Huston, American architect working in Pennsylvania (died 1940) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix De Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them to stay in Rome for three to five years at the expense of the state. The prize was extended to architecture in 1720, music in 1803 and engraving in 1804. The prestigious award was abolished in 1968 by André Malraux, then Minister of Culture, following the May 68 riots that called for cultural change. History The Prix de Rome was initially created for painters and sculptors in 1663 in France, during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by completing a very difficult elimination contest. To succeed, a student had to create a sketch on an assigned topic while isolated in a closed booth with no reference material to draw on. The prize, organised by the Académie Royale de Peinture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 In Architecture
The year 1946 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * J. M. Richards publishes his anatomy of England's suburbia, ''The Castles on the Ground'', illustrated by John Piper. * Thomas Sharp publishes ''The Anatomy of the Village''. Buildings and structures Buildings *Hudson's department store in Detroit, Michigan, United States is completed. *BISF houses in the United Kingdom, designed by Frederick Gibberd. Awards * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Patrick Abercrombie. * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Guillaume Gillet. Births *April 24 – Piers Gough, English architect *May 12 – Daniel Libeskind, Polish architect, artist and set designer *''date unknown'' **Alberto Campo Baeza, Spanish architect **Richard Johnson, Australian architect Deaths *February 4 – Herbert Baker, British architect based in South Africa (born 1862) *August 30 – Theodate Pope Riddle, American architect (born 1867) *December 16 – Zachar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Fayette Bragdon
Claude Fayette Bragdon (August 1, 1866 – 1946) was an American architect, writer, and stage designer based in Rochester, New York, up to World War I, then in New York City. The designer of Rochester New York Central Station, Rochester’s New York Central Railroad terminal (1909–13) and Chamber of Commerce (Rochester, New York), Chamber of Commerce (1915–17), as well as many other public buildings and private residences, Bragdon enjoyed a national reputation as an architect working in the progressive tradition associated with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. Along with members of the Prairie School and other regional movements, these architects developed new approaches to the planning, design, and ornamentation of buildings that embraced industrial techniques and building types while reaffirming democratic traditions threatened by the rise of urban mass society. In numerous essays and books, Bragdon argued that only an “organic architecture” based on nature co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 In Architecture
The year 1926 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * c. February – British General Post Office K2 red telephone box, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, is introduced, chiefly in the London area. * April–May – The German Zehner-Ring group of Modernist architects expands to become Der Ring. * June 7 – While walking along the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes in Barcelona, Antoni Gaudí is struck by a passing tram and knocked unconscious. Delays in receiving medical treatment contribute to his death in hospital a few days later. On June 12, after a funeral procession through the streets of Barcelona lined by thousands, he is buried in the crypt chapel of his unfinished church of Sagrada Família. * November 27 – In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins. * Undated ** The Frankfurt kitchen is designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky for Ernst May's social housing project New Frankfurt in Frankfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland
Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland ( – ) was a Norwegian architect, professor and author. Personal life Jens Kielland was a member of the prominent Kielland family. He was born in Stavanger to parish priest and politician Jacob Kielland (1841–1915) and his wife Diderikke Jørgine (1842–1918), née Monrad. His grandfather was Jens Zetlitz Kielland, and through him, Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland was the nephew of painter Kitty Lange Kielland and novelist Alexander Kielland. He had five sisters and four brothers, all of them younger than he was, although one died young. Kielland was a student at the Royal Arts School in Kristiania (1884-86), while attending a Master's degree and assisted at an architectural office. From 1887-90 he studied at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg in Berlin. In April 1896 he married pianist Anna Magdalena Cathrine Christie (1871–1948), daughter of jurist Hans Langsted Christie. They had two children, Jacob Christie Kielland became an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 In Architecture
The year 1945 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * February 13–15 – The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ... destroys 13 square miles (34 km2) of the city, and causes a firestorm that consumes the city centre. Landmarks destroyed include the Dresden Frauenkirche, Frauenkirche, the Semperoper (the Saxony state opera house), and the Zwinger Palace. In the decades following the end of the World War II, war, some of the lost buildings are reconstructed. * October 26 – Bierut Decree nationalizes most land in Warsaw prior to the city's reconstruction following the destruction of Warsaw. * Auguste Perret is appointed architect for the reconstruction of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnar Östberg
Ragnar Östberg (14 July 1866 – 5 February 1945) was a Swedish architect who is best known for designing Stockholm City Hall. Biography Östberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were Carl Östberg and Erika Kindahl. Between 1884 and 1891, he first studied at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. In 1888, he studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. He had an internship with architect Isak Gustaf Clason (1856–1930). In 1893 he visited the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and in 1896 he went on a three-year study trip to, among others, England, France, Italy and Greece. Dating from the early 1900s, he lived and worked in Umeå in northern Sweden. Scharinska villan in Umeå is considered one of Östberg's best works during his youth. Östberg became the most famous architect within the so-called "national romanticist" movement in Sweden. His body of work from the period ranges from public buildings, such as Stockholm City Hall, to mansions for influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 In Architecture
The year 1934 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938, The Architects (Registration) Act, 1934, is passed in the United Kingdom; the legislation is eventually superseded by a new Act in 1997. * Narkomtiazhprom stage a design contest for construction of a People's Commissariat of Construction of Heavy Industry in Red Square, Moscow in the Soviet Union. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * May – London Zoo#Architecture, Penguin Pool, London Zoo, designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup. * July 9 – Isokon building (Lawn Road flats), Hampstead, London, designed by Wells Coates. * July 17 – Circular Manchester Central Library, England, designed by Vincent Harris; foundation stone for same architect's adjacent Manchester Town Hall Extension is laid on same day. * October 23 – Guildhall, Swansea, Wales, designed by Percy Thomas. * October 24 – Palazzo delle Poste, Palermo, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sproatt
Henry Sproatt (June 14, 1866 – October 4, 1934) was a Canadian architect who was prominent during the early 20th century. Born in Toronto, he trained in Europe and in New York City. He formed a partnership in 1890 with another celebrated architect, John A. Pearson, and with Frank Darling in 1893. Sproatt parted ways in 1896 and formed a new firm in 1899 with Ernest Ross Rolph (1871–1958), named Sproatt & Rolph. Sproatt was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and he died in Toronto in 1934. The firm continued under Ernest Rolph until 1942 and was then taken over by his son, Charles Beverley Sproatt (1896–1976), from 1958 until 1970. In recognition of his architectural achievements the University of Toronto conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws to Sproatt in 1920. Notable projects External links Henry SproattSproatt and Rolphin The Canadian Encyclopedia ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; french: L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 In Architecture
The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * Oscar Niemeyer begins to design landmark public buildings around the artificial lake of Pampulha in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. * The last of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, begun in 1916, is published. * Thomas Sharp's Pelican book ''Town Planning'' is published in the United Kingdom. * November 9 – Major fire at Castle Howard in England. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil. * St. Mark's Church, Belgrade, Serbia. * Church of St. Michael, Črna Vas, Slovenia, designed by Jože Plečnik. * Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral, Timișoara, Romania. * Grundtvig's Church, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark, designed by Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (d.1930) in 1913 and completed by his son Kaare Klint. * Church and Priory of Christ the King, Cockfosters, London, designed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Miller Huston
Joseph Miller Huston (February 23, 1866 – 1940) was an architect notable for designing the third (and current) Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. Construction started in 1902 of his '' Beaux-Arts'' design. He was one of five people convicted of graft in 1910 after a state investigation of cost overruns in association with construction and furnishing the capitol. Early life and education Joseph Miller Huston was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1866. When he was seventeen, Joseph joined the firm of Frank Furness and Sons, where he worked during his college years. He graduated from Princeton University in 1892, re-joining Furness' firm full-time. Career In 1895, Huston founded his own firm, and began designing buildings in Philadelphia, such as the Witherspoon Building, (1895). In 1898–99, Huston toured Europe and Asia, along with his older brother, Samuel, experiencing historic styles which greatly influenced his later designs. Pennsylvania State Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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