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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/25_April/z7DGQtQz">25 April</a> – The <a href="/facts/Bauhaus/v2sWtxcj">Bauhaus</a> architectural and design movement is founded in <a href="/facts/Weimar/b18pDg1Q">Weimar</a>, Germany, by <a href="/facts/Walter_Gropius/BdbkskNf">Walter Gropius</a>.</li> <li>November – Start of the <a href="/facts/Glass_Chain/n3WCtksX">Glass Chain</a> correspondence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Julia_Morgan/bo42Bxjf">Julia Morgan</a> is selected as the architect for <a href="/facts/William_Randolph_Hearst/GGT4Ml4I">William Randolph Hearst</a>'s <i>La Cuesta Encantada</i>, better known as <a href="/facts/Hearst_Castle/t32kKrRf">Hearst Castle</a>, in <a href="/facts/San_Simeon,_California/a2fIwJ4S">San Simeon, California</a>, USA.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/5_March/jfRKxINQ">5 March</a> – Rebuilt <a href="/facts/Helsinki_Central_railway_station/FHnaLGUB">Helsinki Central railway station</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Eliel_Saarinen/0Rp6zVnR">Eliel Saarinen</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>April – <a href="/facts/First_Congregational_Church_of_Albany/upNNLknp">First Congregational Church of Albany</a>, New York, USA, designed by <a href="/facts/Albert_W._Fuller/lFRCQNzy">Albert W. Fuller</a>.</li> <li>September – <a href="/facts/Brooklyn_Army_Terminal/MRDqnvsY">Brooklyn Army Terminal</a>, New York, USA, designed by <a href="/facts/Cass_Gilbert/FdSusGPs">Cass Gilbert</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/16_October/p5T0pKk1">16 October</a> – <a href="/facts/Condado_Vanderbilt_Hotel/83PzzNtx">Condado Vanderbilt Hotel</a> in <a href="/facts/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico/okx1X58r">San Juan, Puerto Rico</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/11_November/wUfLGUtc">11 November</a> (<a href="/facts/Remembrance_Day/NqLRJoaX">Remembrance Day</a>) – <a href="/facts/Hart_House,_University_of_Toronto/7MKM3VSU">Hart House, University of Toronto</a>, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by <a href="/facts/Henry_Sproatt/aj6kKPoq">Henry Sproatt</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/27_November/1oxhThC3">27 November</a> – <a href="/facts/Laie_Hawaii_Temple/AgVzgYAC">Laie Hawaii Temple</a>, <a href="/facts/Oahu/xgjwewcW">Oahu</a>, Hawaii, USA, dedicated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/29_November/2gfLq1Iv">29 November</a> – <a href="/facts/Gro%C3%9Fes_Schauspielhaus/NWvXop55">Großes Schauspielhaus</a> in Berlin with interior remodelled as a theater by <a href="/facts/Hans_Poelzig/pSyllDs9">Hans Poelzig</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Church_of_the_Madonna_della_Difesa/eq3IWaMw">Church of the Madonna della Difesa</a>, Montreal, Canada.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>McMahon Building, better known as the "<a href="/facts/World%27s_littlest_skyscraper/tn4n9I8p">World's littlest skyscraper</a>", by J. D. McMahon, in downtown <a href="/facts/Wichita_Falls,_Texas/JjGPmhol">Wichita Falls, Texas</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Het_Schip/yotzwaGs">Het Schip</a>, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by <a href="/facts/Michel_de_Klerk/QFTw1ASx">Michel de Klerk</a>.</li> <li>First <a href="/facts/Goetheanum/sopE5rDh">Goetheanum</a>, <a href="/facts/Dornach/StqzDyj2">Dornach</a>, Switzerland, by <a href="/facts/Rudolf_Steiner/rlBuWUCB">Rudolf Steiner</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Leonard_Stokes/h8coyhGc">Leonard Stokes</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture – <a href="/facts/Jacques_Carlu/XJqehJBS">Jacques Carlu</a> and Jean-Jacques Haffner.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/3_January/fwnGfegG">3 January</a> – <a href="/facts/Robin_Boyd_(architect)/T8RtE9Mj">Robin Boyd</a>, Australian <a href="/facts/Architect/pv0f9bYq">architect</a> (died <a href="/facts/1971_in_architecture/c7N2La6l">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/21_June/fsEYpDER">21 June</a> – <a href="/facts/Paolo_Soleri/40ImkJU5">Paolo Soleri</a>, <a href="/facts/Italians/dsdUeJ1n">Italian</a>-American architect (died <a href="/facts/2013_in_architecture/DD5Pvdqu">2013</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/23_July/pQFpKSIn">23 July</a> – <a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Bawa/L5Nq0uQt">Geoffrey Bawa</a>, <a href="/facts/Demographics_of_Sri_Lanka/RCQPT709">Ceylonese</a> architect (died <a href="/facts/2003_in_architecture/qWj0Kmnl">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/12_December/wo5rv56W">12 December</a> – <a href="/facts/Giancarlo_De_Carlo/A3bpBTko">Giancarlo De Carlo</a>, Italian architect (died <a href="/facts/2005_in_architecture/LMPcs9ES">2005</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Mualla_Ey%C3%BCbo%C4%9Flu/pr5Rqlp5">Mualla Eyüboğlu</a>, <a href="/facts/Turkish_people/3Rg0k6vU">Turkish</a> architect (died <a href="/facts/2009_in_architecture/RR2tlp7t">2009</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/26_February/GGkCTbls">26 February</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Due/bxQ7Elhy">Paul Due</a>, Norwegian architect of railway stations (born <a href="/facts/1835_in_architecture/9wNXPz9k">1835</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/12_August/0WqFFwMy">12 August</a> – <a href="/facts/Ernest_Gimson/0R9WeeKq">Ernest Gimson</a>, English "<a href="/facts/Arts_and_Crafts_movement/nvYzhGJp">Arts and Crafts</a>" architect and furniture designer (born <a href="/facts/1864_in_architecture/6B3ew0uI">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/5_September/PSE8BQIk">5 September</a> – <a href="/facts/Frigyes_Schulek/0QBhNxFU">Frigyes Schulek</a>, Hungarian architect (born <a href="/facts/1841_in_architecture/TcXfC32H">1841</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/15_October/aljFmUX6">15 October</a> – <a href="/facts/Adolf_W._Edelsv%C3%A4rd/LGXHMmk0">Adolf W. Edelsvärd</a>, Swedish architect (born <a href="/facts/1824_in_architecture/nqfwko57">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/6_November/NceNKCec">6 November</a> – <a href="/facts/Hans_Christian_Amberg_(architect)/5ogrnmcT">Hans Christian Amberg</a>, Danish architect (born <a href="/facts/1837_in_architecture/cpEy3Q57">1837</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Whyte, Iain Boyd, ed. (1985). Crystal Chain Letters: Architectural Fantasies by Bruno Taut and His Circle. The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-23121-2. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Högström, Hilkka (1996). Helsingin rautatieasema / Helsinki railway station. Helsinki. ISBN 951-53-0533-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) <a href="951-53-0533-0" target="_blank">951-53-0533-0</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Jokinen, Teppo (1998). "Eliel Saarinen – Main Station". In Thiel-Siling, Sabine (ed.). Icons of Architecture – the 20th century (2nd ed.). Munich: Prestel. pp. 24–5. ISBN 3-7913-1949-3. <a href="3-7913-1949-3" target="_blank">3-7913-1949-3</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Historic San Juan Hotel Reopens After 15 Years". Latin American Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235512/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14092&ArticleId=611911" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235512/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14092&ArticleId=611911</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Défense National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. <a href="http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7409&pid=0" target="_blank">http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7409&pid=0</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>