1917 in architecture

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The year 1917 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• The journal De Stijl is first published by Theo van Doesburg.

Het Schip design

Buildings

• The Het Schip housing scheme designed by Michel de Klerk in Amsterdam is started.
• The Lister County Courthouse is started in Solvesborg, Sweden. Designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund in a Mannerist style.

Buildings completed

• Edificio Correos, San José, Costa Rica^[1]
• Livermore House, San Francisco, California, USA, designed by Julia Morgan.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Henri Paul Nenot.

Births

• March 2 - Laurie Baker, British-born Indian architect, known for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture (died 2007)
• April 26 - I. M. Pei, Chinese American architect often called a master of modern architecture.^[2]
• September 14 - Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (died 2007)
• December 8 - Nisse Strinning, Swedish architect and designer (died 2006)
• December 10 - Eladio Dieste, Uruguayan engineer and architect (died 2000)

Deaths

• January 19 - E. R. Robson, English school architect (born 1836)
• February 8 - Thomas Arboe, Danish railway station architect (born 1837)
• July 2 - Gerald Horsley, English architect (born 1862)
• September 23 - Robert Swain Peabody, Boston architect (born 1845)
• November 23 - William Ralph Emerson, American architect (born 1833)
• December 30 - Gustaf Nyström, Finnish architect (born 1856)

References

1. Baker, C.P. (2005). Costa Rica. Dorling Kindersley Eye Witness Travel Guides. pp. 58–9.
2. Wiseman, Carter. I.M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture. New York: H.N. Abrams, 2001. ISBN 0-8109-3477-9, p. 11