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Overview of the events of 1906 in architecture
The year 1906 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
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April 18 –
1906 San Francisco earthquake destroys 80% of the city.
- Construction begins on
- New
Great Mosque of Djenné in
French Sudan.
-
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wellingborough, England, designed by
Ninian Comper.
-
Benito Juárez Hemicycle in
Mexico City,
Mexico.
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- Waiting room at
Pennsylvania Station (New York City), designed by
McKim, Mead, and White.
-
Palace of Administration, Iași, Moldavia, designed by I. D. Berindei.
-
Hampstead Garden Suburb established in north London with
Raymond Unwin as architect.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Buildings completed
-
Larkin Administration Building for the Larkin Soap Company,
Buffalo, New York, and
Unity Temple in
Oak Park, Illinois, designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Ferry Engineering Works,
Queensferry, Wales, designed by
Harry Bulkeley Creswell and Hugh P. G. Maule.
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Dunedin railway station in New Zealand, designed by
George Troup.
-
North Eastern Railway
headquarters offices in
York and London, designed by
Horace Field.
-
Gresham Palace (insurance headquarters offices),
Budapest, designed by
Zsigmond Quittner with József and László Vágó.
-
K. C. DeRhodes House,
South Bend, Indiana, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
-
Casa Batlló in
Barcelona, designed by
Antoni Gaudí.
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Palau del Baró de Quadras in Barcelona, designed by
Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
-
Weissenburger House, designed by
Lucien Weissenburger for himself at 1, boulevard Charles V in
Nancy, France.
- Stollwerckhaus,
Cologne, designed by
Carl Moritz.
-
National Theatre,
Sofia,
Bulgaria, designed by
Fellner & Helmer.
-
City Hall, Cardiff, Wales, designed by
Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards.
- Rotunda of
National Library of Finland in
Helsinki, designed by Gustaf Nyström.
-
Sofia Church in
Stockholm, designed by Gustaf Hermansson.
Awards
Publications
Births
Deaths
References