Editing 1902 in architecture

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The year '''1902 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
[[File:Ruins of St Mark%27s Campanile.jpg|thumb|Ruins of the campanile in St Mark's Square]]
* [[July 14]] – [[St Mark's Campanile]] in [[Venice]] collapses. The only casualty is a cat.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Inviting Disaster 4|episode-link=List of Modern Marvels episodes |series=Modern Marvels|series-link=Modern Marvels|credits=Produced, written and directed by David DeVries|network=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]]|airdate=2003-11-04}}</ref>
* [[December 13]] – [[St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Krebs, Oklahoma)|St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Krebs, Oklahoma, United States]] is destroyed by fire.<ref>[http://www.stjoseph-krebs.org/history.html  "St. Joseph Catholic Church A Church and Parish Rich in History." Undated.] Accessed May 4, 2016.</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** Work begins on [[Trmal's Villa]] in [[Prague]], designed by [[Jan Kotěra]].
** Work begins on the [[Lalgarh Palace]] complex, in Rajasthan, India, commissioned by the [[United Kingdom|British]]-controlled regency<ref>Patnaik, pages 27 and 58.</ref> for Maharaja Ganga Singh (1881–1942) while he is still in his minority as they consider the existing Junagarh Palace unsuitable for a modern monarch. Ganga Singh decides that the palace should be named in memory of his father [[Maharaja Lall Singh]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Crites, Mitchell Shelby|author2=Nanji, Ameeta |year=2007|title=India Sublime – Princely Palace Hotels of Rajasthan|location=New York|publisher=Rizzoli|isbn=978-0-8478-2979-8|page=94}}</ref>
** The [[Villa Lejeune]] and the [[France-Lanord Apartment Building|France-Lanord]] and [[Lombard Apartment Building]]s in [[Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle|Nancy]] are designed by [[Émile André]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1902}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Steichen flatiron.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Flatiron Building]], photographed by [[Edward Steichen]]]]
[[File:All Saints Church, Brockhampton - geograph.org.uk - 1434628.jpg|thumb|[[All Saints' Church, Brockhampton]], England]]
* [[May 26]] – [[Nożyk Synagogue]], Warsaw, Poland.
* [[September 15]] – [[West Baden Springs Hotel]] in [[Indiana]], designed by [[Harrison Albright]] featuring the world's largest free-spanning dome.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gatsos |first=Gregory S.|title=History of the West Baden Springs Hotel|year=2007}}</ref>
* [[October 15]] – [[Balmoral Hotel]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland.

===Buildings completed===
* [[Hungarian Parliament Building]] in [[Budapest]], designed by [[Imre Steindl]].
* [[Flatiron Building]] in [[New York City]], designed by [[Daniel Burnham]] and [[Frederick Dinkelberg]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Morrone|first=Francis |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704312104575298571015121624|title=The Triangle in the Sky|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=2010-06-12}}</ref>
* [[Wiener Stadtbahn]] railway system in Vienna, with [[Art Nouveau]] stations designed by Otto Wagner.
* [[Deborah Cook Sayles Public Library|Sayles Memorial Library]], [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]], designed by [[Ralph Adams Cram]] with marble reliefs by [[Lee Lawrie]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morgan|first1=William|title=5 gems of Rhode Island architecture|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture|access-date=2019-02-19|publisher=The Providence Journal|date=2019-02-14}}</ref>
* [[:File:Voysey House 456881489 fba2b7068a t.jpg|Wallpaper factory]] for [[Arthur Sanderson & Sons]] in [[Chiswick]], London, designed by [[Charles Voysey (architect)|Charles Voysey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Voysey House, Hounslow|work=British Listed Buildings|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-202394-voysey-house-greater-london-authority|year=1973 |access-date=2015-03-15}}</ref>
* The [[Cologne]] ''Stadttheater'', designed by [[Carl Moritz (architect)|Carl Moritz]].
* [[Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God]] ([[Georgian Orthodox Church]]) is completed.
* [[All Saints' Church, Brockhampton]], England, designed by [[William Lethaby]] and built by direct craftsman labour, is completed.<ref>{{cite book|quote=Perhaps the most thrilling church in any country of the years between [[Historicism (art)|historicism]] and the [[Modern architecture|Modern Movement]].|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner|series=[[The Buildings of England]]|title=Herefordshire|year=1963|page=55|isbn=978-0-300-09609-5}}</ref>
* The Villa Jika in [[Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle|Nancy]] for [[Louis Majorelle]], designed by [[Henri Sauvage]] and [[Lucien Weissenburger]], with stained glass by [[Jacques Grüber]] and ironwork and interior woodwork by Majorelle himself, is completed.
* The [[Biet Apartment Building]] in [[Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle|Nancy]], designed by [[Georges Biet]] and [[Eugène Vallin]]
* The [[House with Chimaeras]] in [[Kyiv]], Ukraine, designed by [[Vladislav Gorodetsky]].<ref>Malakov, Dmytro (1999). ''Arkhitektor Horodetskyi'' (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Kyi. {{ISBN|966-7161-30-7}}.</ref>
* [[Santa Justa Lift]] in [[Lisbon]], Portugal, engineered by [[Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard]], begins operation.

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Thomas Edward Collcutt]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Henri Prost]].

==Births==
* [[January 30]] – [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], [[Germany|German]]-born architectural historian working in England (died [[1983 in architecture|1983]])
* [[February 11]] – [[Arne Jacobsen]], [[Danes|Danish]] architect and designer (died [[1971 in architecture|1971]])
* [[February 27]] – [[Lúcio Costa]], [[Brazil]]ian architect and urban planner (died [[1998 in architecture|1998]])
* [[March 9]]
** [[Luis Barragán]], [[Mexican people|Mexican]] architect (died [[1988 in architecture|1988]])
** [[Edward Durrell Stone]], [[Americans|American]] architect (died [[1978 in architecture|1978]])
* [[May 21]] – [[Marcel Breuer]], [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born architect and designer working in the United States (died [[1981 in architecture|1981]])
* [[July 22]] – [[Basil Ward]], [[New Zealand]]-born architect working in England (died [[1976 in architecture|1976]])
* [[August 8]] – [[Welton Becket]], American architect (died [[1969 in architecture|1969]])
* [[November 11]] – [[Ernő Goldfinger]], Hungarian-born architect working in England (died [[1987 in architecture|1987]])

==Deaths==
[[File:John Francis Bentley by William Christian Symons.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Francis Bentley]]]]
* [[January 9]] – [[István Kiss (architect)|István Kiss]], Hungarian architect of public buildings (born [[1857 in architecture|1857]])
* [[March 2]] – [[John Francis Bentley]], English ecclesiastical architect (born [[1839 in architecture|1839]])
* [[March 28]] – [[Conrad Wilhelm Hase]], German architect and founder of the [[Hanover school of architecture]] (born [[1818 in architecture|1818]])
* [[April 11]] – [[Johan Daniel Herholdt]], Danish architect, professor and royal building inspector (born [[1818 in architecture|1818]])
* May – [[Tom Dunn (golf course architect)|Tom Dunn]], Scottish-born golf course architect (born [[1849 in architecture|1849]])
* [[June 1]] – [[James Brown Lord]], American Beaux-Arts architect (born [[1859 in architecture|1859]])
* [[August 31]] – [[Imre Steindl]], Hungarian architect (born [[1839 in architecture|1839]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Robert Lawson (architect)|Robert Lawson]], New Zealand architect (born [[1833 in architecture|1833]])
* ''date unknown'' – [[Alexandru Săvulescu (architect)|Alexandru Săvulescu]], [[Romania]]n architect (born [[1847 in architecture|1847]])

==References==
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