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{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{refimprove|date=May 2018}} {{Year nav topic5|1900|architecture}} The year '''1900 in architecture''' involved some significant events. ==Buildings and structures== {{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1900}} ===Buildings=== [[File:Paris Metro 2 Porte Dauphine Libellule.JPG|thumb|The [[Paris Métro]] in France]] [[File:Paris Musée d'Orsay Grande nef centrale 02a Allée des sculptures.jpg|thumb|[[Musée d'Orsay]] in [[Paris]], France]] * May 30 — [[Daniel Burnham]]'s [[Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library]] and Soldiers and Sailors Monument are dedicated together in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]<ref>{{cite web |title=KENOSHA COUNTY SOLDIERS MONUMENT |url=https://www.kenosha.org/images/dev_insp/SoldiersMonument-WingedVictory.pdf |website=Kenosha.org |publisher=KENOSHA HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION |accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WRL-110: Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library |url=http://www.wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.com/2013/05/wrl-110-gilbert-m-simmons-memorial.html |website=Wisconsin Historical Markers |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Markers |accessdate=3 December 2019}}</ref> * July 19 – The [[Paris Métro]] opens, with [[Paris Métro entrances by Hector Guimard|entrances]] designed by [[Hector Guimard]] in 1899. * November 11 – Church of [[Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino]] in Rome, designed by Abbot [[Hildebrand de Hemptinne]], is consecrated. * [[Antoni Gaudí]] begins work on the [[Parc Güell]], which he works on for the next fourteen years. * The ''Gare d'Orsay'', the modern-day [[Musée d'Orsay]], is built in [[Paris]] by [[Victor Laloux]]. * The [[Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower]] at the [[University of Birmingham]], [[England]], is completed. * The [[Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen Building|Administration Building]] of [[Southwestern University]], [[Georgetown, Texas]], designed by physicist and University President [[Robert Stewart Hyer]], is completed. * The [[OXO Tower]] in [[London]], England, is completed. * The Co-Operative Wholesale Society warehouse, the modern-day Malmaison Hotel, on the [[Quayside]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England, designed by T. G. Guerrite for [[Louis Gustave Mouchel]] on the principles of [[François Hennebique]] with F. E. L. Harris as CWS architect, is completed.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Michael|last1=Stratton|first2=Barrie|last2=Trinder|title=English Heritage book of Industrial England|publisher=Batsford|location=London|year=1997|isbn=978-0-7134-7563-0|page=72}}</ref> * The ''[[:File:3bis rue de la Salpétrière - Nancy -WP 20160920 038.jpg|Imprimerie Royer]]'' (Royer Printing House) in [[Nancy, France]], designed by [[Lucien Weissenburger]], is completed. * [[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn]], designed by Mikhail Preobrazhensky, is completed. * [[Dohodno Zdanie]], [[Rousse]], [[Bulgaria]]. * [[Villa Schutzenberger]] in [[Strasbourg]], France, is completed. * [[Kinloch Castle]] on the isle of [[Rùm]], Scotland, designed by Leeming & Leeming, is completed. * [[:File:MausoleumAtHarrisWithRumCullins(LisaJ)Apr2006.jpg|Bullough Mausoleum]] on the isle of [[Rùm]], Scotland, built (approximate date). * [[Victoria Theatre, Salford]], England opens. * The Orchard, [[Chorleywood]], England, a house designed by [[C. F. A. Voysey]] for himself, is completed. ==Awards== * [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani]]. * [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Paul Bigot]]. ==Births== * February 6 – [[Paul László]], Hungarian-born architect (died [[1993 in architecture|1993]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Jan Zachwatowicz]], Polish architect (died [[1983 in architecture|1983]]) * March 23 – [[Hassan Fathy]], Egyptian architect (died [[1989 in architecture|1989]]) * April 5 – [[Herbert Bayer]], Austrian-born graphic designer (died [[1985 in architecture|1985]]) * May 28 – [[Arieh Sharon]], [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]]n-born Israeli architect (died [[1984 in architecture|1984]]) * August 25 – [[Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] architect (died [[1970 in Scotland|1970]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100348|title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report|date=2017-10-18|last=Goold|first=David|website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk|accessdate=2017-10-18}}</ref> * October 8 – [[Geoffrey Jellicoe]], English landscape architect (died [[1996 in architecture|1996]]) * November 3 – [[Guillermo Gonzalez Sanchez]], Dominican architect (died [[1970 in architecture|1970]]) ==Deaths== [[File:WilliamWhiteFSA.JPG|thumb|upright|[[William White (architect)|William White]]]] * February 20 – [[John Giles (architect)|John Giles]], English architect (born c.[[1830 in architecture|1830]]) * February 23 – [[William Butterfield]], English ecclesiastical architect (born [[1814 in architecture|1814]]) * April 16 – [[Dankmar Adler]], German American architect (born [[1844 in architecture|1844]]) * June 2 – [[Charles Barry, Jr.]], English architect (born [[1823 in architecture|1823]]) * August 18 – [[Edward Habershon]], English ecclesiastical architect (born [[1826 in architecture|1826]]) * October 27 – [[Charles Henry Driver]], English architect (born [[1832 in architecture|1832]]) * [[William White (architect)|William White]], English ecclesiastical architect (born [[1825 in architecture#Deaths|1825]]) ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1900 architecture| ]]
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