1905 in architecture#Births
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The year 1905 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- October 18 – London County Council's new street at Kingsway and redevelopment of Aldwych are opened.
- Work begins on Stoclet Palace, Brussels, designed by Josef Hoffmann.
- Work begins on Casa de les Punxes, Barcelona, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
- Formation of the Dresden Die Brücke expressionist architecture movement.
Buildings and structures
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=Buildings opened=
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- February 27 – Berlin 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 11 – National Theatre of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
- September 27 – Arcade 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=
- January – Eitel Building in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States, designed by William Doty van Siclen.
- Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, United States, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Zacherlhaus in Vienna, Austria, designed by Jože Plečnik.
- Land Administration Building in Brisbane, Australia, designed by Thomas Pye.
- St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, completed by József Kauser to an 1851 design by Miklós Ybl.
- Salepçioğlu Mosque in İzmir, Turkey.
- Chancel and lady chapel to St John the Divine, Richmond, London, England, designed by Arthur Grove.
- Hôtel de ville (city hall) in Sfax, Tunisia, designed by Raphaël Guy.
- National Library of Greece, Athens, designed by Theophil Hansen.
- Parliament House in Stockholm, Sweden is completed.
- Voewood, High Kelling, Norfolk, England, designed by E. S. Prior.
- Antwerpen-Centraal railway station in Belgium, designed by Louis Delacenserie.
- Murry Guggenheim House in West Long Branch, New Jersey, designed by Carrère and Hastings.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Aston Webb.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Henry Krehbiel.
Births
- February 13 – Werner 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 19 – Albert 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 4 – Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (died 1987)
- April 13 – Bernard 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 24 – Michael Scott, Irish architect (died 1989)
- December 18 – Roy 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}}
Deaths
- March 9 – Ludvig Fenger, City Architect of Copenhagen (born 1833
- March 11 — William R. Walker, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (born 1830)
- July 24 – Adolf 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 2 – Cesar Castellani, Maltese architect working in British Guiana
- August 22 – Alfred 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}}