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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Clough_Williams-Ellis/KcoSyItp">Clough Williams-Ellis</a> receives his first major architectural commission, for the remodelling of <a href="/facts/Llangoed_Hall/qtoj6nzo">Llangoed Hall</a> in Wales.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1912</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Electric_Tower/KPIU6pfw">Electric Tower</a>, in <a href="/facts/Buffalo%2c_New_York/PVfdkYft">Buffalo, New York</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Esenwein_%2526_Johnson/Va4Vm2j1">Esenwein & Johnson</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_19/7VAgzapI">April 19</a> – Bridges in <a href="/facts/Constantine%2c_Algeria/PIPcdFcq">Constantine, Algeria</a>: <ul><li>Sidi M'Cid Bridge, designed by <a href="/facts/Ferdinand_Arnodin/JaTcp0Qv">Ferdinand Arnodin</a>.</li> <li>Sidi Rached Bridge, designed by <a href="/facts/Paul_S%25C3%25A9journ%25C3%25A9/8R6QIqoa">Paul Séjourné</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/April_25/z7DGQtQz">April 25</a> – Rebuilt <a href="/facts/St_Mark%2527s_Campanile/FISDeU9I">St Mark's Campanile</a> in Venice inaugurated.</li> <li>May – <a href="/facts/Pushkin_Museum_of_Fine_Arts/pYzUJWMH">Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts</a> opens in <a href="/facts/Moscow/AcFYpQUR">Moscow</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>.</li> <li>June – <a href="/facts/Government_Conference_Centre/QHrtnUtl">Government Conference Centre</a>, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (opened by the Grand Trunk Railway as Ottawa's railway station)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_12/HLQNWqyv">October 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Quarr_Abbey/yyt6y1Xu">Quarr Abbey</a> on the <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Wight/3mWfGanJ">Isle of Wight</a> (England), designed by Dom <a href="/facts/Paul_Bellot/mqzB75lu">Paul Bellot</a>, consecrated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_26/lt6JQINt">December 26</a> – Opening of: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Manchester_Opera_House/zLgI039H">Manchester Opera House</a>, in <a href="/facts/Manchester/2Do01QHs">Manchester</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>, as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Farquarson.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/St._James_Theatre%2c_Wellington/NQejTcCV">St. James Theatre, Wellington</a>, New Zealand, designed by Henry Eli White.</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Nevsky_Cathedral%2c_Sofia/zetlGTtN">Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia</a>, Bulgaria.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mysore_Palace/rBnd2kGo">Mysore Palace</a>, India, designed by <a href="/facts/Henry_Irwin/B8b9avCr">Henry Irwin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/El_Centro_Espa%25C3%25B1ol_de_Tampa/tzjUd6lY">El Centro Español de Tampa</a>, Florida, USA.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mawson%2527s_Huts/oQcJ7Nm7">Mawson's Huts</a>, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Australian Antarctic Territory<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/%25C5%25A0aloun%2527s_Villa/BjV1DG8A">Šaloun's Villa</a> in <a href="/facts/Prague/txpRNTUE">Prague</a>, designed by and for sculptor <a href="/facts/Ladislav_%25C5%25A0aloun/pRegkywn">Ladislav Šaloun</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Salutation%2c_Sandwich/FMaxbKwx">The Salutation, Sandwich</a>, Kent, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Edwin_Lutyens/uByyBKRS">Edwin Lutyens</a> with garden by <a href="/facts/Gertrude_Jekyll/YcEbbc2U">Gertrude Jekyll</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sons_of_Norway_Hall/K1p009Sc">Sons of Norway Hall</a>, Petersburg, Alaska, USA.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Glamorgan_Building/mwuabo8G">Glamorgan County Hall</a>, <a href="/facts/Cardiff/AHpRtKKg">Cardiff</a>, Wales, designed by <a href="/facts/Vincent_Harris/KeuREMan">Vincent Harris</a> and T. A. Moodie.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chengyang_Bridge/wPyHH6TH">Chengyang Bridge</a>, China.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jackson_Tower/QP6G2o1u">Jackson Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Portland%2c_Oregon/wwBx1Hrv">Portland, Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Fairmont_Copley_Plaza_Hotel/GhbueQkr">The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel</a> in <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, Massachusetts</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sun_Tower/wQocHkkD">Sun Tower</a> in <a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a>, <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a>, Canada</li> <li><a href="/facts/Montreal_Museum_of_Fine_Arts/m9o57hyx">Montreal Museum of Fine Arts</a> in <a href="/facts/Montreal/uQQaWd1b">Montreal</a>, <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>, Canada</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ritz-Carlton_Montreal/bUm6GFVt">Ritz-Carlton Montreal</a> in Montreal, Quebec, Canada</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Olympic_medallists_in_art_competitions/ARd2qIqd">Olympic gold medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Eug%25C3%25A8ne_Monod/ErUcjraU">Eugène Monod</a> & Alphone Laverrière of <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a> for <i>Building plan of a modern stadium</i>.</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/Basil_Champneys/Fllg8wkw">Basil Champneys</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: <a href="/facts/Jacques_Debat-Ponsan/JS2tNjlx">Jacques Debat-Ponsan</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_9/06hhKL3W">January 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Ralph_Tubbs/4dBXXBJB">Ralph Tubbs</a>, British architect associated with the <a href="/facts/Festival_of_Britain/x3sMrgzB">Festival of Britain</a> (died <a href="/facts/1996_in_architecture/y9b97qHE">1996</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/January_30/TznX28t8">January 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Finn_Juhl/7XJDudfQ">Finn Juhl</a>, Danish architect, interior and industrial designer (died <a href="/facts/1989_in_architecture/gCDx9PQn">1989</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_21/RsJKSKWh">February 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Henry_Bernard_(architect)/REMSTn07">Henry Bernard</a>, French architect, designer of the <a href="/facts/Palace_of_Europe/NGlaIPHw">Palace of Europe</a> (died <a href="/facts/1994_in_architecture/C8jCsW4R">1994</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_12/0dYB7LrQ">March 12</a> – <a href="/facts/Gordon_Tait/qNxoFdv9">Gordon Tait</a>, British architect (died <a href="/facts/1999_in_architecture/oSDnw131">1999</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_11/8w4EmInf">June 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Rosemary_Stjernstedt/To9nIabW">Rosemary Stjernstedt</a>, British architect (died <a href="/facts/1998_in_architecture/LuFXKB4U">1998</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_1/2AJh8lYG">December 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Minoru_Yamasaki/fnztjAMt">Minoru Yamasaki</a>, American <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_(1973%25E2%2580%25932001)/mtSktMFe">World Trade Center</a> architect (died <a href="/facts/1986_in_architecture/HhvUe5cL">1986</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_15/JNJ0bo0L">December 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Charles_and_Ray_Eames/ElUpy0se">Ray Eames</a>, American designer, 2nd wife of Charles Eames (died <a href="/facts/1988_in_architecture/PKb7HheT">1988</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_8/YDx5fjny">February 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Constant-D%25C3%25A9sir%25C3%25A9_Despradelle/QNNkhVTm">Constant-Désiré Despradelle</a>, French architect and professor of architecture (born <a href="/facts/1862_in_architecture/DzHYTGYk">1862</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – <a href="/facts/Daniel_Burnham/U7PTyJxY">Daniel Burnham</a>, American architect and urban planner (born <a href="/facts/1846_in_architecture/z1u9t7y5">1846</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_27/pqjuMm4M">June 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Frank_Furness/JDn9p2nM">Frank Furness</a>, Philadelphia-based American architect (born <a href="/facts/1839_in_architecture/J0ojqclF">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_17/aoj9k4og">November 17</a> – <a href="/facts/Richard_Norman_Shaw/g7NMD4Do">Richard Norman Shaw</a>, British architect (born <a href="/facts/1831_in_architecture/5HCV5gxv">1831</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Electric Tower: Project Profile". The Electric Tower. Retrieved 23 February 2020. <a href="http://www.electrictower.com/project-profile/" target="_blank">http://www.electrictower.com/project-profile/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Kalman, Harold; Roaf, John (1983). Exploring Ottawa: An Architectural Guide to the Nation's Capital. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. <a href="https://archive.org/details/exploringottawa00haro" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/exploringottawa00haro</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Historic England. "Grade II (1247470)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 August 2011. <a href="/wiki/Historic_England" target="_blank">/wiki/Historic_England</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Ybor City Historic District". Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine TampaGov. Retrieved May 6, 2010. <a href="http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Historic_Preservation/files/maps/yborhist_exp_12-10-01ri.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Historic_Preservation/files/maps/yborhist_exp_12-10-01ri.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic Site (Place ID 105713)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government. <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105713" target="_blank">http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105713</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. <a href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP" target="_blank">https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>