1913 in architecture

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The year 1913 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

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; the tallest building in the world at this date (1913 until 1930).^[1]
• July 20 – New Town Hall (Hanover), designed by Hermann Eggert and Gustav Halmhuber, opened.
• May 31 – Carol I Mosque in Constanța, Romania, designed by George Constantinescu, is inaugurated.
• 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.
• 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.
• Interiors of Café Capua, Herrenmodesalon Kniže and Bridge-Club-Wien, Vienna, all designed by Adolf Loos, completed.
• "Bridge of Sighs", Hertford College, Oxford, England, by Thomas G. Jackson, built.
• Halenbrücke concrete open-spandrel arch bridge over Aare between Bern and Kirchlindach in Switzerland.

Publications

• Adolf Loos' Ornament and Crime is first published.^[2]

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal – Reginald Blomfield.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Roger Séassal.

Births

• May 20 – H. T. Cadbury-Brown, English architect (died 2009)
• September 4 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect (died 2005)
• October 20 – Alejandro de la Sota, Spanish architect (died 1996)
• November 2 – Erik Rasmussen, architect (died 1998)

Deaths

• May 30 – John Oldrid Scott, English architect (born 1841)
• November 8 – John Belcher, English architect (born 1841)
• November 28 – George B. Post, American architect (born 1837)

References

1. "Study for Woolworth Building, New York". World Digital Library. 1910-12-10. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
2. Cahiers d'aujourd'hui no 5.