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Overview of the events of 1899 in architecture
The year 1899 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
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March 14 –
Church of the Saviour, Baku in
Azerbaijan, donated and designed by
Adolf Eichler, is consecrated.
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April 2 –
Maison du Peuple in
Brussels, designed by
Victor Horta is officially opened (since destroyed).
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May 28 – The Catholic garrison church
St Maurice's church in
Strasbourg is inaugurated
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July 20 –
Park Row Building in
New York City is completed and becomes the tallest building in the world. It holds this title until 1908.
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September 1 – The
National Theatre (Oslo) opens in
Norway.
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September 18 –
Old City Hall in
Toronto, Ontario, designed by
E. J. Lennox, is inaugurated.
- October – Work begins on
St Agatha's Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England.
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October 6 –
John Rylands Library in
Manchester, England, designed by
Basil Champneys, is inaugurated.
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December 15 –
Glasgow School of Art opens its new building, the most notable work of
Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
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Raffles Hotel,
Singapore, designed by
Regent Alfred John Bidwell of
Swan and Maclaren, is completed.
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Café Museum in Vienna, with interior designed by
Adolf Loos, is opened.
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Linke Wienzeile Buildings (apartments), Vienna, designed by
Otto Wagner, are completed.
- Hurlands (studio house),
Puttenham, Surrey, England, designed by
Philip Webb, is completed.
- Engine House No. 33,
Manhattan,
New York, designed by
Ernest Flagg, is built.
- Approximate date – The
Saitta House in
Dyker Heights,
Brooklyn,
New York, designed by John J. Petit, is completed. In
2007, it is listed on both the State and
National Register of Historic Places.
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