Editing 1912 in architecture

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The year '''1912 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[Clough Williams-Ellis]] receives his first major architectural commission, for the remodelling of [[Llangoed Hall]] in Wales.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1912}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Gmii.jpg|thumb|The [[Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts]] in [[Moscow]], Russia]]
* [[Electric Tower]], in [[Buffalo, New York]], designed by [[Esenwein & Johnson]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Electric Tower: Project Profile |url=http://www.electrictower.com/project-profile/ |website=The Electric Tower |accessdate=23 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[April 19]] – Bridges in [[Constantine, Algeria]]:
** [[:de:Pont Sidi M’Cid|Sidi M'Cid Bridge]], designed by [[Ferdinand Arnodin]].
** [[:fr:Pont de Sidi Rached|Sidi Rached Bridge]], designed by [[Paul Séjourné]].
* [[April 25]] – Rebuilt [[St Mark's Campanile]] in Venice inaugurated.
* May – [[Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts]] opens in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]].
* June – [[Government Conference Centre]], Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (opened by the Grand Trunk Railway as Ottawa's railway station)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kalman|first1=Harold|last2=Roaf|first2=John|title=Exploring Ottawa: An Architectural Guide to the Nation's Capital|url=https://archive.org/details/exploringottawa00haro|url-access=registration|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|year=1983}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] – [[Quarr Abbey]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] (England), designed by Dom [[Paul Bellot]], consecrated.
* [[December 26]] – Opening of:
** [[Manchester Opera House]], in [[Manchester]], [[England]], as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Farquarson.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1247470 |desc=Grade II |accessdate=1 August 2011}}</ref>
** [[St. James Theatre, Wellington]], New Zealand, designed by Henry Eli White.

===Buildings completed===
[[File:AlexanderNevskyCathedral-Sofia-6.jpg| thumb|right|[[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia]], Bulgaria]]
* [[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia]], Bulgaria.
* [[Mysore Palace]], India, designed by [[Henry Irwin]].
* [[El Centro Español de Tampa]], Florida, USA.<ref>[http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Historic_Preservation/files/maps/yborhist_exp_12-10-01ri.pdf "Ybor City Historic District".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612065319/http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Historic_Preservation/files/maps/yborhist_exp_12-10-01ri.pdf |date=2010-06-12 }} [http://www.tampagov.net/ ''TampaGov''.] Retrieved May 6, 2010.</ref>
* [[Mawson's Huts]], Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Australian Antarctic Territory<ref>{{cite AHD|105713|Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic Site}}</ref>
* [[Šaloun's Villa]] in [[Prague]], designed by and for sculptor [[Ladislav Šaloun]].
* [[The Salutation, Sandwich]], Kent, England, designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]] with garden by [[Gertrude Jekyll]].
* [[Sons of Norway Hall]], Petersburg, Alaska, USA.<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
* [[Glamorgan Building|Glamorgan County Hall]], [[Cardiff]], Wales, designed by [[Vincent Harris]] and T. A. Moodie.
* [[Chengyang Bridge]], China.
* [[Jackson Tower]] in [[Portland, Oregon]]
* [[The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts
* [[Sun Tower]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
* [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
* [[Ritz-Carlton Montreal]] in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

==Awards==
* [[Olympic medallists in art competitions|Olympic gold medal]] – [[Eugène Monod]] & [[Alphone Laverrière]] of [[Switzerland]] for ''Building plan of a modern stadium''.
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Basil Champneys]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Jacques Debat-Ponsan]].

==Births==
[[File:Finn Juhl.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Finn Juhl]]]]
* [[January 9]] – [[Ralph Tubbs]], British architect associated with the [[Festival of Britain]] (died [[1996 in architecture|1996]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Finn Juhl]], Danish architect, interior and industrial designer (died [[1989 in architecture|1989]])
* [[February 21]] – [[Henry Bernard (architect)|Henry Bernard]], French architect, designer of the [[Palace of Europe]] (died [[1994 in architecture|1994]])
* [[March 12]] – [[Gordon Tait]], British architect (died [[1999 in architecture|1999]])
* [[June 11]] – [[Rosemary Stjernstedt]], British architect (died [[1998 in architecture|1998]])
* [[December 1]] – [[Minoru Yamasaki]], American [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] architect (died [[1986 in architecture|1986]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Charles and Ray Eames#Ray Kaiser Eames|Ray Eames]], American designer, 2nd wife of Charles Eames (died [[1988 in architecture|1988]])

==Deaths==
* [[February 8]] – [[Constant-Désiré Despradelle]], French architect and professor of architecture (born [[1862 in architecture|1862]])
* [[June 1]] – [[Daniel Burnham]], American architect and urban planner (born [[1846 in architecture|1846]])
* [[June 27]] – [[Frank Furness]], Philadelphia-based American architect (born [[1839 in architecture|1839]])
* [[November 17]] – [[Richard Norman Shaw]], British architect (born [[1831 in architecture|1831]])

==References==
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