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{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{Year nav topic5|1905|architecture}} The year '''1905 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. ==Events== * [[October 18]] – [[London County Council]]'s new street at [[Kingsway, London|Kingsway]] and redevelopment of [[Aldwych]] are opened. * Work begins on [[Stoclet Palace]], [[Brussels]], designed by [[Josef Hoffmann]]. * Work begins on [[Casa de les Punxes]], [[Barcelona]], designed by [[Josep Puig i Cadafalch]]. * Formation of the [[Dresden]] [[Die Brücke]] [[expressionist architecture]] movement. ==Buildings and structures== {{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1905}} ===Buildings opened=== [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0281, Berlin, Berliner Dom.jpg|thumb|[[Berlin Cathedral]] around date of completion]] [[File:Brussels Cinquantenaire R03.jpg|thumb|[[Arcade du Cinquantenaire]], Brussels]] * [[February 27]] – [[Berlin Cathedral]] in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], is inaugurated.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Die Grosse Sauer-Orgel Im Berliner Dom|people=Pohl, Michael, Johann S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Josef Rheinberger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, and Max Reger|type=Sound recording|publisher=Motette|year=1993|location=Düsseldorf, Germany|oclc=33188606}}</ref> * [[June 11]] – [[National Theatre of Venezuela]], Caracas, Venezuela * [[September 27]] – [[Arcade du Cinquantenaire]] in [[Brussels]], Belgium, opened by [[Leopold II of Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Bruxelles_Extension_Est.Parc_du_Cinquantenaire.A016.html|title=Arcade et hémicycle Parc du Cinquantenaire|publisher=L'inventaire du patrimoine architectural de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale|language=fr|accessdate=2014-05-25}}</ref> * November – [[The Plaza Grill and Cinema]], [[Ottawa, Kansas]], possibly the oldest movie theater in the [[United States]] that is still in operation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ottawaherald.com/news/092813cinemagic|title=‘Cinemagic’ find|last=Carder|first=Doug|date=27 September 2013|work=[[Ott. Her.|The Ottawa Herald]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219025601/http://ottawaherald.com/news/092813cinemagic|archive-date=19 February 2014}}</ref> ===Buildings completed=== * January – [[Eitel Building]] in [[Downtown Seattle]], Washington, United States, designed by William Doty van Siclen. * [[Darwin D. Martin House]] in [[Buffalo, New York]], United States, designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]. * [[Zacherlhaus]] in Vienna, Austria, designed by [[Jože Plečnik]]. * [[Land Administration Building]] in [[Brisbane]], Australia, designed by [[Thomas Pye (architect)|Thomas Pye]]. * [[St. Stephen's Basilica]] in [[Budapest]], Hungary, completed by József Kauser to an 1851 design by [[Miklós Ybl]]. * [[Salepçioğlu Mosque]] in [[İzmir]], Turkey. * Chancel and lady chapel to [[St John the Divine, Richmond]], London, England, designed by Arthur Grove. * [[:File:Hôtel de ville Sfax.JPG|Hôtel de ville]] (city hall) in [[Sfax]], Tunisia, designed by Raphaël Guy. * [[National Library of Greece]], Athens, designed by [[Theophil Hansen]]. * [[Parliament House, Stockholm|Parliament House]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden is completed. * [[Home Place, Kelling|Voewood, High Kelling]], Norfolk, England, designed by [[E. S. Prior]]. * [[Antwerpen-Centraal railway station]] in Belgium, designed by [[Louis Delacenserie]]. * [[Murry Guggenheim House]] in [[West Long Branch, New Jersey]], designed by [[Carrère and Hastings]]. ==Awards== * [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Aston Webb]]. * [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Albert Henry Krehbiel]]. ==Births== * [[February 13]] – [[Werner Schindler]], Swiss architect and Olympic medallist (died [[1986 in architecture#Deaths|1986]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCHINWER01 |title=Werner Schindler |work=databaseOlympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323180647/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCHINWER01 |archive-date=2013-03-23 }}</ref> * [[March 19]] – [[Albert Speer]], German architect and Nazi minister during Adolf Hitler's regime (died [[1981 in architecture|1981]])<ref>Fest, Joachim (2007), Albert Speer: Conversations with Hitler's Architect, translated by Patrick Camiller, Polity Press, {{ISBN|978-0-7456-3918-5}} OCLC 940701858. {{Page needed|date=October 2017}}</ref> * [[April 4]] – [[Erika Nõva]], Estonian architect (died [[1987 in architecture|1987]]) * [[April 13]] – [[Bernard Rudofsky]], Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer and social historian (died [[1988 in architecture|1988]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Bernard Rudofsky: A Humane Designer|last=Guarneri|first=Andrea Bocco|publisher=Springer-Verlag|year=2003|isbn=3-211-83719-1|location=Wien|oclc=803144106}}{{Page needed|date=October 2017}}</ref> * [[June 24]] – [[Michael Scott (architect)|Michael Scott]], Irish architect (died [[1989 in architecture|1989]]) * [[December 18]] – [[Roy Grounds]], Australian architect (died [[1981 in architecture|1981]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Australian Architecture Since 1960|last=Taylor|first=Jennifer|publisher=RAIA|year=1990|oclc=907088392}}{{Page needed|date=October 2017}}</ref> [[File:Ludvig Peter Fenger.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ludvig Fenger]]]] ==Deaths== * [[March 9]] – [[Ludvig Fenger]], City Architect of Copenhagen (born [[1833 in architecture|1833]] * [[March 11]] — [[William R. Walker (architect)|William R. Walker]], American architect based in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (born [[1830 in architecture|1830]]) * [[July 24]] – [[Adolf Cluss]], German-born American engineer architect in Washington, D.C. (born [[1825 in architecture|1825]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Adolf Cluss Exhibition Project|url=http://www.adolf-cluss.org/}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2017}} * [[August 2]] – [[Cesar Castellani]], Maltese architect working in British Guiana * [[August 22]] – [[Alfred Waterhouse]], English architect of the Gothic Revival (born [[1830 in architecture|1830]])<ref>{{cite web|publisher=David Nash Ford|year=2003|url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/awaterhouse.html|work=Royal Berkshire History|title=Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905)|accessdate=2005-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050705075846/http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/awaterhouse.html|archive-date=2005-07-05|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1905 architecture| ]]
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