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Overview of the events of 1913 in architecture
The year 1913 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- May 20 –
Centennial Hall in Breslau (
Wrocław), designed by
Max Berg.
- May 26 –
Campbeltown Picture House (cinema) opens in Scotland, designed by Albert V. Gardner.
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- May 31 – The
Carol I Mosque (today known as the Grand Mosque of Constanța) in
Constanța,
Romania, designed by
George Constantinescu, is inaugurated.
- July 20 –
New Town Hall (Hanover), designed by
Hermann Eggert and
Gustav Halmhuber, opened.
- October 18 –
Monument to the Battle of the Nations at
Leipzig, designed by
Bruno Schmitz, is inaugurated.
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Sinaia railway station in
Sinaia, Romania.
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City Federal Building in
Birmingham, Alabama, the tallest building in Alabama until 1969.
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Alberta Legislature Building in
Edmonton,
Alberta completed.
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Union Buildings,
Pretoria,
Union of South Africa, by
Herbert Baker, completed.
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Church of the Holy Spirit, Vienna, by
Jože Plečnik, completed.
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Kelling Hall,
Norfolk, England, designed by
Edward Maufe, completed.
- Scheu House and Horner House,
Vienna, both designed by
Adolf Loos, completed.
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Heijplaat worker's housing for
Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij in the Netherlands, planned by Herman Ambrosius Jan Baanders, is begun.
- Interiors of Café Capua, Herrenmodesalon Kniže and Bridge-Club-Wien, Vienna, all designed by Adolf Loos, completed.
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Halenbrücke concrete open-spandrel arch bridge over
Aare between
Bern and
Kirchlindach in Switzerland.
Publications
Awards
Births
Deaths
References