1905 in architecture#Births

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The year 1905 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

Buildings and structures

{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1905}}

=Buildings opened=

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  • February 27Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany, is inaugurated.{{cite AV media|title=Die Grosse Sauer-Orgel Im Berliner Dom|people=Pohl, Michael, Johann S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Josef Rheinberger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, Max Reger, and Max Reger|type=Sound recording|publisher=Motette|year=1993|location=Düsseldorf, Germany|oclc=33188606}}
  • June 11National Theatre of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
  • September 27Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium, opened by Leopold II of Belgium.{{cite web|url=http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Bruxelles_Extension_Est.Parc_du_Cinquantenaire.A016.html|title=Arcade et hémicycle Parc du Cinquantenaire|publisher=L'inventaire du patrimoine architectural de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale|language=fr|accessdate=2014-05-25}}
  • November – The Plaza Grill and Cinema, Ottawa, Kansas, possibly the oldest movie theater in the United States that is still in operation.{{Cite news|url=http://ottawaherald.com/news/092813cinemagic|title=‘Cinemagic’ find|last=Carder|first=Doug|date=27 September 2013|work=The Ottawa Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219025601/http://ottawaherald.com/news/092813cinemagic|archive-date=19 February 2014}}

=Buildings completed=

Awards

Births

  • February 13Werner Schindler, Swiss architect and Olympic medallist (died 1986){{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCHINWER01 |title=Werner Schindler |work=databaseOlympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323180647/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCHINWER01 |archive-date=2013-03-23 }}
  • March 19Albert Speer, German architect and Nazi minister during Adolf Hitler's regime (died 1981)Fest, Joachim (2007), Albert Speer: Conversations with Hitler's Architect, translated by Patrick Camiller, Polity Press, {{ISBN|978-0-7456-3918-5}} OCLC 940701858. {{Page needed|date=October 2017}}
  • April 4Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (died 1987)
  • April 13Bernard Rudofsky, Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer and social historian (died 1988){{cite book|title=Bernard Rudofsky: A Humane Designer|last=Guarneri|first=Andrea Bocco|publisher=Springer-Verlag|year=2003|isbn=3-211-83719-1|location=Wien|oclc=803144106}}{{Page needed|date=October 2017}}
  • June 24Michael Scott, Irish architect (died 1989)
  • December 18Roy Grounds, Australian architect (died 1981){{cite book|title=Australian Architecture Since 1960|last=Taylor|first=Jennifer|publisher=RAIA|year=1990|oclc=907088392}}{{Page needed|date=October 2017}}

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Deaths

  • March 9Ludvig Fenger, City Architect of Copenhagen (born 1833
  • March 11William R. Walker, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (born 1830)
  • July 24Adolf Cluss, German-born American engineer architect in Washington, D.C. (born 1825){{cite web|title=Adolf Cluss Exhibition Project|url=http://www.adolf-cluss.org/}}{{Failed verification|date=October 2017}}
  • August 2Cesar Castellani, Maltese architect working in British Guiana
  • August 22Alfred Waterhouse, English architect of the Gothic Revival (born 1830){{cite web|publisher=David Nash Ford|year=2003|url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/awaterhouse.html|work=Royal Berkshire History|title=Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905)|accessdate=2005-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050705075846/http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/awaterhouse.html|archive-date=2005-07-05|url-status=live}}

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