Editing 1911 in architecture

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The year '''1911 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[March 25]] – The [[Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire]] shows up the need for improved safety standards in New York City buildings.
* [[April 4]] – Foundation stone of [[Castle Drogo]], a country house in [[Devon]], England designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]], laid; it will not be completed until [[1930 in architecture|1930]].
* [[May 23]] – The competition to design [[Canberra]], Australia's new capital, is won by American architect [[Walter Burley Griffin]]. In the same year, Griffin marries fellow architect [[Marion Lucy Mahony]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1911}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Fagus Gropius Hauptgebaeude 200705 wiki front.jpg|thumb|[[Fagus Factory]] at [[Alfeld]], Germany]]
[[File:Radnice nová (Staré Město) Mariánské nám..jpg|thumb|[[New City Hall (Prague)]], Czech Republic]]
[[File:SM Wrocław Ofiar Oświęcimskich 38-40 ID 599147.jpg|thumb|''Geschäftshaus Junkernstraße'' by [[Hans Poelzig]], Breslau/[[Wrocław]], 1911]]
* [[May 23]] – [[New York Public Library Main Branch]], designed by [[Carrère and Hastings]].
* [[September 12]] – [[Theatro Municipal (São Paulo)]], designed by [[Ramos de Azevedo]].
* c. September – [[Altare della Patria]] (''Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II'') in Rome, designed by [[Giuseppe Sacconi]] (died [[1905 in architecture|1905]]) in [[1884 in architecture|1884]] inaugurated; it will not be completed until [[1925 in architecture|1925]].

===Buildings completed===
* [[Brasserie Excelsior]] and [[Angleterre Hotel (Nancy)|Angleterre Hotel]] in [[Nancy, France]], designed by [[Lucien Weissenburger]] and [[Alexander Mienville]], with ironwork and interiors by [[Louis Majorelle]] and stained glass by [[Jacques Grüber]].{{fact|date=May 2014}}
* [[Fagus Factory]] at [[Alfeld]], an der Leine, designed by [[Walter Gropius]] and [[Adolf Meyer (architect)|Adolf Meyer]].
* [[American Bank Note Company Printing Plant]] in New York City, designed by [[Kirby, Petit & Green]].
* [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] builds his [[Taliesin (studio)|Taliesin]] house and studio in [[Spring Green, Wisconsin]].
* [[Horwood House]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England, designed by [[Detmar Blow]], is completed.
* King Edward Building for the [[General Post Office]] in the [[City of London]], designed by [[Henry Tanner (architect)|Henry Tanner]], an early use of [[Hennebique]] [[reinforced concrete]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Julian|last=Osley|title=Built for Service: Post Office Architecture|location=London|publisher=British Postal Museum & Archive|year=2010|isbn=978-0-9553569-3-3|pages=22–23}}</ref>
* [[Royal Liver Building]], [[Liverpool]], England, designed by [[Walter Aubrey Thomas]].
* [[:File:Eagle Insurance Building .jpg|Eagle Insurance Building]], [[Manchester]], England, designed by [[Charles Heathcote]].
* [[New City Hall (Prague)]], designed by [[Osvald Polívka]].
* Church of St Cuthbert Mayne, [[Launceston, Cornwall]], designed by Arthur Langdon.
* [[Berlin-Pankow station]], designed by Karl Cornelius and Ernst Schwartz.
* [[Monroe Street Bridge (Spokane River)|Monroe Street Bridge]] in [[Spokane, Washington]].

==Awards==
* [[AIA Gold Medal]] – [[George Browne Post]].
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Wilhelm Dorpfeld]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[:fr:René Mirland|René Mirland]].

==Births==
* [[March 24]] – [[Jane Drew]], English modernist architect and town planner (died [[1996 in architecture|1996]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Flower, Sile|author2=Macfarlane, Jean |author3=Plant, Ruth|title=Jane B. Drew, architect: A tribute from her colleagues and friends for her 75th birthday 24 March 1986|publisher=Bristol Centre for the Advancement of Architecture|year=1986|isbn=0-9510759-0-X}}</ref>
* [[July 16]] – [[John Lautner (architect)|John Lautner]], American architect (died [[1994 in architecture|1994]])
* December – [[Tom Ellis (architect)|Tom Ellis]], English architect (died [[1988 in architecture|1988]])
* [[David Wyn Roberts]], Welsh-born architect (died [[1982 in architecture|1982]])

==Deaths==
[[File:Adolph_Eichler.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Adolf Eichler]]]]
* [[February 5]] – [[Adolf Eichler]], German architect working in [[Baku]] (suicide; born [[1869 in architecture|1869]])
* [[November 15]] – [[Philip Gengembre Hubert]], French-born New York architect (born [[1830 in architecture|1830]])

==References==
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