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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.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

  • The Het Schip housing scheme designed by Michel de Klerk in Amsterdam is started.
  • The Lister County Courthouse (Listers härads tingshus) designed by Erik Gunnar Asplund in a Mannerist style in Sölvesborg, Sweden is started.

Buildings completed

  • Cunard Building, Liverpool, England, designed by William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse.
  • Edificio Correos, San José, Costa Rica
  • Livermore House, San Francisco, California, USA, designed by Julia Morgan.
  • Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, designed by York and Sawyer

Awards

  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Henri Paul Nenot.

Births

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  • 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 (died 2019)
  • July 6 – Wang Da-hong, Chinese-born Taiwanese architect (died 2018)
  • 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)
  • August 4 – C. W. Stephens, English commercial architect (born c.1845)
  • 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

References

  1. Baker, C. P.. (2005). "Costa Rica". [[Dorling Kindersley]].
  2. "Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co Building". Providence Preservation Society.
  3. Wiseman, Carter. (2001). "I.M. Pei: A Profile in American Architecture". H. N. Abrams.
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