Editing 1919 in architecture

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The year '''1919 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[25 April]] – The [[Bauhaus]] architectural and design movement is founded in [[Weimar]], Germany, by [[Walter Gropius]].
* November – Start of the [[Glass Chain]] correspondence.<ref>Whyte, Iain Boyd, ed. (1985). ''Crystal Chain Letters: Architectural Fantasies by Bruno Taut and His Circle''. The MIT Press. {{ISBN|0-262-23121-2}}.</ref>
* [[Julia Morgan]] is selected as the architect for [[William Randolph Hearst]]'s ''La Cuesta Encantada'', better known as [[Hearst Castle]], in [[San Simeon, California]], USA.

==Buildings and structures==
[[File:Helsinki Railway Station 20050604.jpg|thumb|[[Helsinki Central railway station|Helsinki station]], Finland]]
[[File:First Goetheanum.jpg|thumb|First [[Goetheanum]] in [[Dornach]], Switzerland]]

===Buildings opened===
* [[5 March]] – Rebuilt [[Helsinki Central railway station]], designed by [[Eliel Saarinen]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Helsingin rautatieasema / Helsinki railway station|first=Hilkka|last=Högström|location=Helsinki|year=1996|isbn=951-53-0533-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Jokinen|first=Teppo|editor=Thiel-Siling, Sabine|title=Icons of Architecture – the 20th century|edition=2nd|year=1998|publisher=Prestel|location=Munich|isbn=3-7913-1949-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/iconsofarchitect00thie/page/24 24–5]|chapter=Eliel Saarinen – Main Station|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/iconsofarchitect00thie/page/24}}</ref>
* April – [[First Congregational Church of Albany]], New York, USA, designed by [[Albert W. Fuller]].
* September – [[Brooklyn Army Terminal]], New York, USA, designed by [[Cass Gilbert]].
* [[16 October]] – [[Condado Vanderbilt Hotel]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14092&ArticleId=611911|title=Historic San Juan Hotel Reopens After 15 Years|work=[[Latin American Herald Tribune]]|access-date=June 28, 2018|archive-date=23 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235512/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14092&ArticleId=611911|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[11 November]] ([[Remembrance Day]]) – [[Hart House, University of Toronto]], Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by [[Henry Sproatt]].
* [[27 November]] – [[Laie Hawaii Temple]], [[Oahu]], Hawaii, USA, dedicated.
* [[29 November]] – [[Großes Schauspielhaus]] in Berlin with interior remodelled as a theater by [[Hans Poelzig]].
* [[Church of the Madonna della Difesa]], Montreal, Canada.<ref>{{CRHP|7409|Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Défense National Historic Site of Canada}}</ref>
* McMahon Building, better known as the "[[World's littlest skyscraper]]", by J. D. McMahon, in downtown [[Wichita Falls, Texas]].

===Buildings completed===
* [[Het Schip]], Amsterdam, Netherlands, by [[Michel de Klerk]].
* First [[Goetheanum]], [[Dornach]], Switzerland, by [[Rudolf Steiner]].

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Leonard Stokes]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[Jacques Carlu]] and [[:fr:Jean-Jacques Haffner|Jean-Jacques Haffner]].

==Births==
[[File:Giancarlo De Carlo 1950s.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Giancarlo De Carlo]]]]
* [[3 January]] – [[Robin Boyd (architect)|Robin Boyd]], Australian [[architect]] (died [[1971 in architecture|1971]])
* [[21 June]] – [[Paolo Soleri]], [[Italians|Italian]]-American architect (died [[2013 in architecture|2013]])
* [[23 July]] – [[Geoffrey Bawa]], [[Demographics of Sri Lanka|Ceylonese]] architect (died [[2003 in architecture|2003]])
* [[12 December]] – [[Giancarlo De Carlo]], Italian architect (died [[2005 in architecture|2005]])
* ''date unknown'' – [[Mualla Eyüboğlu]], [[Turkish people|Turkish]] architect (died [[2009 in architecture|2009]])

==Deaths==
* [[26 February]] – [[Paul Due (architect)|Paul Due]], Norwegian architect of railway stations (born [[1835 in architecture|1835]])
* [[12 August]] – [[Ernest Gimson]], English "[[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]]" architect and furniture designer (born [[1864 in architecture|1864]])
* [[5 September]] – [[Frigyes Schulek]], Hungarian architect (born [[1841 in architecture|1841]])
* [[15 October]] – [[Adolf W. Edelsvärd]], Swedish architect (born [[1824 in architecture|1824]])
* [[6 November]] – [[Hans Christian Amberg (architect)|Hans Christian Amberg]], Danish architect (born [[1837 in architecture|1837]])

==References==
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