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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_25/D4N2hXpp">March 25</a> – The <a href="/facts/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire/xpLoewyE">Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire</a> shows up the need for improved safety standards in New York City buildings.</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_4/2L9S4wXV">April 4</a> – Foundation stone of <a href="/facts/Castle_Drogo/K1yw8cRv">Castle Drogo</a>, a country house in <a href="/facts/Devon/go3z9lDW">Devon</a>, England designed by <a href="/facts/Edwin_Lutyens/uByyBKRS">Edwin Lutyens</a>, laid; it will not be completed until <a href="/facts/1930_in_architecture/zx4cnx0L">1930</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> – The competition to design <a href="/facts/Canberra/V2PldFRs">Canberra</a>, Australia's new capital, is won by American architect <a href="/facts/Walter_Burley_Griffin/IFftrKT0">Walter Burley Griffin</a>. In the same year, Griffin marries fellow architect Marion Lucy Mahony.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1911</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_23/eCkKwrjg">May 23</a> – <a href="/facts/New_York_Public_Library_Main_Branch/QsQ1GXaH">New York Public Library Main Branch</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Carr%25C3%25A8re_and_Hastings/Vhc7e29y">Carrère and Hastings</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_12/3qnbl2ow">September 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Theatro_Municipal_(S%25C3%25A3o_Paulo)/oVjkMowL">Theatro Municipal (São Paulo)</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Ramos_de_Azevedo/JYu0ewwC">Ramos de Azevedo</a>.</li> <li>c. September – <a href="/facts/Altare_della_Patria/73TDRrQc">Altare della Patria</a> (<i>Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II</i>) in Rome, designed by <a href="/facts/Giuseppe_Sacconi/GqwHrVru">Giuseppe Sacconi</a> (died <a href="/facts/1905_in_architecture/C2hKqYku">1905</a>) in <a href="/facts/1884_in_architecture/UATScs5I">1884</a> inaugurated; it will not be completed until <a href="/facts/1925_in_architecture/Kfq7dmDU">1925</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li>Brasserie Excelsior and Angleterre Hotel in <a href="/facts/Nancy%2c_France/hmP347Ke">Nancy, France</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Lucien_Weissenburger/4DD5qeNk">Lucien Weissenburger</a> and Alexander Mienville, with ironwork and interiors by <a href="/facts/Louis_Majorelle/SNfYlfll">Louis Majorelle</a> and stained glass by <a href="/facts/Jacques_Gr%25C3%25BCber/eYaJu1t5">Jacques Grüber</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fagus_Factory/aTqfAaM1">Fagus Factory</a> at <a href="/facts/Alfeld/gxVAsWob">Alfeld</a>, an der Leine, designed by <a href="/facts/Walter_Gropius/BdbkskNf">Walter Gropius</a> and <a href="/facts/Adolf_Meyer_(architect)/CYlsEKQv">Adolf Meyer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/American_Bank_Note_Company_Printing_Plant/L9tm625E">American Bank Note Company Printing Plant</a> in New York City, designed by <a href="/facts/Kirby%2c_Petit_%2526_Green/vE2Inw53">Kirby, Petit & Green</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frank_Lloyd_Wright/bdIS237F">Frank Lloyd Wright</a> builds his <a href="/facts/Taliesin_(studio)/BAVN7oow">Taliesin</a> house and studio in <a href="/facts/Spring_Green%2c_Wisconsin/YzWhKIzs">Spring Green, Wisconsin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Horwood_House/znsMmJLT">Horwood House</a> in <a href="/facts/Buckinghamshire/WMRE3NJp">Buckinghamshire</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Detmar_Blow/mM0CJjRs">Detmar Blow</a>, is completed.</li> <li>King Edward Building for the <a href="/facts/General_Post_Office/gnMB2RHN">General Post Office</a> in the <a href="/facts/City_of_London/Psl9khal">City of London</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Henry_Tanner_(architect)/dC6z5u7s">Henry Tanner</a>, an early use of <a href="/facts/Hennebique/oMmp0CjG">Hennebique</a> <a href="/facts/Reinforced_concrete/aUTUKAQF">reinforced concrete</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Royal_Liver_Building/zjH14cDW">Royal Liver Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Liverpool/kTqATlxg">Liverpool</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Walter_Aubrey_Thomas/neoKUb2f">Walter Aubrey Thomas</a>.</li> <li>Eagle Insurance Building, <a href="/facts/Manchester/2Do01QHs">Manchester</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Charles_Heathcote/W41R8I0K">Charles Heathcote</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/New_City_Hall_(Prague)/wsRtFf28">New City Hall (Prague)</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Osvald_Pol%25C3%25ADvka/vMX8Rye6">Osvald Polívka</a>.</li> <li>Church of St Cuthbert Mayne, <a href="/facts/Launceston%2c_Cornwall/QdT6maQ2">Launceston, Cornwall</a>, designed by Arthur Langdon.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Berlin-Pankow_station/1lEfYTn0">Berlin-Pankow station</a>, designed by Karl Cornelius and Ernst Schwartz.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Monroe_Street_Bridge_(Spokane_River)/d13d0Psm">Monroe Street Bridge</a> in <a href="/facts/Spokane%2c_Washington/fpC9eCfh">Spokane, Washington</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AIA_Gold_Medal/WBHeDAGH">AIA Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/George_Browne_Post/M3zFosA3">George Browne Post</a>.</li> <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/Wilhelm_Dorpfeld/5stQAFr3">Wilhelm Dorpfeld</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: René Mirland.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_24/4wPpsvg0">March 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Jane_Drew/EtocpEhE">Jane Drew</a>, English modernist architect and town planner (died <a href="/facts/1996_in_architecture/y9b97qHE">1996</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/July_16/Db20tCPx">July 16</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Lautner_(architect)/H9RB6Imn">John Lautner</a>, American architect (died <a href="/facts/1994_in_architecture/C8jCsW4R">1994</a>)</li> <li>December – <a href="/facts/Tom_Ellis_(architect)/FWKlwDIL">Tom Ellis</a>, English architect (died <a href="/facts/1988_in_architecture/PKb7HheT">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Wyn_Roberts/0QVFyvKj">David Wyn Roberts</a>, Welsh-born architect (died <a href="/facts/1982_in_architecture/PCInSr4m">1982</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_5/qvfM8JAn">February 5</a> – <a href="/facts/Adolf_Eichler/3TxQuRAU">Adolf Eichler</a>, German architect working in <a href="/facts/Baku/oUVVcRN1">Baku</a> (suicide; born <a href="/facts/1869_in_architecture/AGRugjzb">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_15/5XjT5ocg">November 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Philip_Gengembre_Hubert/hdjoYf8C">Philip Gengembre Hubert</a>, French-born New York architect (born <a href="/facts/1830_in_architecture/gSU0uQBb">1830</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Osley, Julian (2010). Built for Service: Post Office Architecture. London: British Postal Museum & Archive. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-9553569-3-3. <a href="978-0-9553569-3-3" target="_blank">978-0-9553569-3-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Flower, Sile; Macfarlane, Jean; Plant, Ruth (1986). Jane B. Drew, architect: A tribute from her colleagues and friends for her 75th birthday 24 March 1986. Bristol Centre for the Advancement of Architecture. ISBN 0-9510759-0-X. <a href="0-9510759-0-X" target="_blank">0-9510759-0-X</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>