Editing 1913 in architecture

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The year '''1913 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Buildings and structures==
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*Work on Gartenstadt Falkenberg (''Tuschkastensiedlung'', "Paintbox Estate") in [[Bohnsdorf]], earliest of the [[Berlin Modernism Housing Estates]] (''Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne''), begins to a design by [[Bruno Taut]].
===Buildings===
[[Image:View of Woolworth Building fixed crop.jpg|thumb|[[Woolworth Building]] when new]]
* February 1 – [[Grand Central Terminal]], rebuilt, re-opens in [[New York City]], [[United States]].
* April 24 – The [[Woolworth Building]] opens in New York City, United States, designed by [[Cass Gilbert]]; [[History of the tallest buildings in the world|the tallest building in the world]] at this date (1913 until 1930).<ref name="WDL">{{cite web|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11376/|title=Study for Woolworth Building, New York|website=[[World Digital Library]]|date=1910-12-10|accessdate=2013-07-25}}</ref>
[[File:Wroclaw - Hala Stulecia 03.jpg|thumb|[[Jahrhunderthalle, Breslau|Centennial Hall]] in Breslau ([[Wrocław]])]]
* May 20 – [[Jahrhunderthalle, Breslau|Centennial Hall]] in Breslau ([[Wrocław]]), designed by [[Max Berg]].
* May 26 – [[Campbeltown Picture House]] (cinema) opens in Scotland, designed by Albert V. Gardner.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Oldest Running Cinema In Scotland|first=Terry|last=MacEwen|url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Oldest-Running-Cinema-In-Scotland/|work=Historic UK|accessdate=2021-02-11}}</ref>
* May 31 – The [[Grand Mosque of Constanța|Carol I Mosque]] (today known as the Grand Mosque of Constanța) in [[Constanța]], [[Romania]], designed by [[George Constantinescu]], is inaugurated.
* July 20 – [[New Town Hall (Hanover)]], designed by [[Hermann Eggert]] and [[Gustav Halmhuber]], opened. 
* October 18 – [[Monument to the Battle of the Nations]] at [[Leipzig]], designed by [[Bruno Schmitz]], is inaugurated.
* [[Sinaia railway station]] in [[Sinaia]], Romania.
* [[City Federal Building]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], the tallest building in Alabama until 1969.
* [[Alberta Legislature Building]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]] completed. 
* [[Union Buildings]], [[Pretoria]], [[Union of South Africa]], by [[Herbert Baker]], completed.
* [[:de:Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Wien)|Church of the Holy Spirit, Vienna]], by [[Jože Plečnik]], completed.
* [[Kelling Hall]], [[Norfolk]], England, designed by [[Edward Maufe]], completed.
* Scheu House and Horner House, [[Vienna]], both designed by [[Adolf Loos]], completed.
* [[Heijplaat]] worker's housing for [[Rotterdam]]sche Droogdok Maatschappij in the Netherlands, planned by Herman Ambrosius Jan Baanders, is begun.
* Interiors of Café Capua, Herrenmodesalon Kniže and Bridge-Club-Wien, Vienna, all designed by Adolf Loos, completed.
* [[:File:Halenbrücke.jpg|Halenbrücke]] concrete open-spandrel arch bridge over [[Aare]] between [[Bern]] and [[Kirchlindach]] in Switzerland.

==Publications==
* [[Adolf Loos]]' ''[[Ornament and Crime]]'' is first published.<ref>''Cahiers d'aujourd'hui'' no 5.</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Reginald Blomfield]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[:fr:Roger Séassal|Roger Séassal]].

==Births==
* May 20 – [[H. T. Cadbury-Brown]], English architect (died [[2009 in architecture|2009]])
* September 4 – [[Kenzō Tange]], Japanese architect (died [[2005 in architecture|2005]])
* October 20 – [[Alejandro de la Sota (architect)|Alejandro de la Sota]], Spanish architect (died [[1996 in architecture|1996]])
* October 25 – [[Raymond Berg]], Australian architect (died [[1989 in architecture|1989]])
* November 2 – [[Erik Asmussen]], Danish-born architect (died [[1998 in architecture|1998]])

==Deaths==
[[File:John Belcher (1841–1913).jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Belcher (architect)|John Belcher]]]]
* May 30 – [[John Oldrid Scott]], English architect (born [[1841 in architecture|1841]])
* August 27 — [[Charles Babcock (architect)|Charles Babcock]], American Architect (born [[1829 in architecture|1829]])
* November 8 – [[John Belcher (architect)|John Belcher]], English architect (born [[1841 in architecture|1841]])
* November 28 – [[George B. Post]], American architect (born [[1837 in architecture|1837]])

==References==
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