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==Buildings and structures== {{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1913}} *Work on Gartenstadt Falkenberg (''Tuschkastensiedlung'', "Paintbox Estate") in [[Bohnsdorf]], earliest of the [[Berlin Modernism Housing Estates]] (''Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne''), begins to a design by [[Bruno Taut]]. ===Buildings=== [[Image:View of Woolworth Building fixed crop.jpg|thumb|[[Woolworth Building]] when new]] * February 1 – [[Grand Central Terminal]], rebuilt, re-opens in [[New York City]], [[United States]]. * April 24 – The [[Woolworth Building]] opens in New York City, United States, designed by [[Cass Gilbert]]; [[History of the tallest buildings in the world|the tallest building in the world]] at this date (1913 until 1930).<ref name="WDL">{{cite web|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11376/|title=Study for Woolworth Building, New York|website=[[World Digital Library]]|date=1910-12-10|accessdate=2013-07-25}}</ref> [[File:Wroclaw - Hala Stulecia 03.jpg|thumb|[[Jahrhunderthalle, Breslau|Centennial Hall]] in Breslau ([[Wrocław]])]] * May 20 – [[Jahrhunderthalle, Breslau|Centennial Hall]] in Breslau ([[Wrocław]]), designed by [[Max Berg]]. * May 26 – [[Campbeltown Picture House]] (cinema) opens in Scotland, designed by Albert V. Gardner.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Oldest Running Cinema In Scotland|first=Terry|last=MacEwen|url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Oldest-Running-Cinema-In-Scotland/|work=Historic UK|accessdate=2021-02-11}}</ref> * May 31 – The [[Grand Mosque of Constanța|Carol I Mosque]] (today known as the Grand Mosque of Constanța) in [[Constanța]], [[Romania]], designed by [[George Constantinescu]], is inaugurated. * July 20 – [[New Town Hall (Hanover)]], designed by [[Hermann Eggert]] and [[Gustav Halmhuber]], opened. * October 18 – [[Monument to the Battle of the Nations]] at [[Leipzig]], designed by [[Bruno Schmitz]], is inaugurated. * [[Sinaia railway station]] in [[Sinaia]], Romania. * [[City Federal Building]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], the tallest building in Alabama until 1969. * [[Alberta Legislature Building]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]] completed. * [[Union Buildings]], [[Pretoria]], [[Union of South Africa]], by [[Herbert Baker]], completed. * [[:de:Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Wien)|Church of the Holy Spirit, Vienna]], by [[Jože Plečnik]], completed. * [[Kelling Hall]], [[Norfolk]], England, designed by [[Edward Maufe]], completed. * Scheu House and Horner House, [[Vienna]], both designed by [[Adolf Loos]], completed. * [[Heijplaat]] worker's housing for [[Rotterdam]]sche Droogdok Maatschappij in the Netherlands, planned by Herman Ambrosius Jan Baanders, is begun. * Interiors of Café Capua, Herrenmodesalon Kniže and Bridge-Club-Wien, Vienna, all designed by Adolf Loos, completed. * [[:File:Halenbrücke.jpg|Halenbrücke]] concrete open-spandrel arch bridge over [[Aare]] between [[Bern]] and [[Kirchlindach]] in Switzerland.
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