1907 in architecture
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1907 in architecture
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The year 1907 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings
- Casa Milà and Casa Batlló in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí are completed.
- The Magasins Réunis, a large department store in Nancy, is finished by Lucien Weissenburger after seventeen years of work.
- The Villa Fruhinsholz in Nancy is designed by Léon Cayotte.
- North Hall, the fifth dormitory on the quad, is completed at Vassar College. The building is renamed Jewett Hall in 1912 in honor of the College's first president, Milo P. Jewett.
- St. David's Hotel, a hotel for golfers located at Harlech, in Gwynedd, is designed to plans by the Glasgow School architect George Walton (Architect) for a syndicate of entrepreneurs of which he was a member.[1] The hotel closed in 2008, and planning permission for demolition was approved in 2009.
Events
- Deutscher Werkbund founded by Hermann Muthesius in Munich.
- Hampstead Garden Suburb established in London.
Awards
Births
- June 17 - Charles Eames (died 1978)
- August 13 - Basil Spence (died 1976)
- December 15 - Oscar Niemeyer
Deaths
- June 14- William Le Baron Jenney (born 1832)
References
- ^ Haslam, R., Orbach., J., Voelcker, A.; Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of Wales, Gwynedd; 2009; Yale University Press ISBN 0-300-14169-6
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