1909 in architecture
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The year 1909 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- AEG Turbine Factory in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, designed by Peter BehrensPeter BehrensPeter Behrens was a German architect and designer. He was important for the modernist movement, as several of the movements leading names worked for him when they were young.-Biography:Behrens attended the Christianeum Hamburg from September 1877 until Easter 1882...
is completed. - Many architects of the École de NancyÉcole de NancyÉcole de Nancy or The Nancy School was the spearhead of the Art Nouveau in France whose inspiration was essentially in plant form and animals...
, including Lucien WeissenburgerLucien WeissenburgerLucien Weissenburger , was a French architect. He was one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau style in Lorraine and a member of the board of directors of the École de Nancy....
, Émile AndréÉmile AndréFrançois-Émile André was a French architect, artist, and furniture designer. He was the son of the architect of Charles André and the father of two other architects, Jacques and Michel André.-Life and career:...
, Émile Toussaint, Louis Marchal, Paul Charbonnier, Eugène VallinEugène VallinEugène Vallin was a French furniture designer and manufacturer, as well as an architect.-Life and career:Vallin studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy...
, and others design the pavilions for the International Exhibition of the East of France, held in Nancy from May 1 to October 31. - Construction begins on the Robie HouseRobie HouseThe Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Hyde Park at 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue on the South Side. It was designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is renowned as the greatest example of his Prairie...
, designed by Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
, in Hyde ParkHyde Park, ChicagoHyde Park, located on the South Side of the City of Chicago, in Cook County, Illinois, United States and seven miles south of the Chicago Loop, is a Chicago neighborhood and one of 77 Chicago community areas. It is home to the University of Chicago, the Hyde Park Art Center, the Museum of Science...
, ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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Awards
- AIA Gold MedalAIA Gold MedalThe AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture."...
- Charles Follen McKimCharles Follen McKimCharles Follen McKim FAIA was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White....
. - Royal Gold MedalRoyal Gold MedalThe Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture....
- Arthur John Evans. - Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
- March 16 - Ernesto Nathan RogersErnesto Nathan RogersErnesto Nathan Rogers was an Italian architect, writer and educator.-Biography:Born in Trieste, Italy he graduated from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 1932...
(died 19691969 in architectureThe year 1969 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings and structures:* January 8: At the Smithsonian, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden building is begun, with ground-breaking by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Secretary S...
) - May 9 - Gordon BunshaftGordon BunshaftGordon Bunshaft was an architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1988, Gordon Bunshaft nominated himself for the Pritzker Prize and eventually won it.-Career:...
(died 19901990 in architectureThe year 1990 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Atatürk Dam in Turkey is completed*Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, designed by I. M. Pei, is completed.*U.S...
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Deaths
- September 14 - Charles Follen McKimCharles Follen McKimCharles Follen McKim FAIA was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White....
(born 18471847 in architectureThe year 1847 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The London Palm House is completed and opened.* Completion of the Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry....
) - September 18 - Auguste ChoisyAuguste ChoisyAuguste Choisy was an architectural historian and author of Histoire de l'Architecture. In 1904 he won the RIBA's Royal Gold Medal...
(born 18411841 in architectureThe year 1841 in architecture involved some significant events.-Births:* February 7 - Auguste Choisy * July 10 - John Belcher * July 13 - Otto Wagner...
) - November 9 - Thomas WorthingtonThomas Worthington (architect)Thomas Worthington was a 19th-century English architect, particularly associated with public buildings in and around Manchester.-Early life:...
(born 18261826 in architectureThe year 1826 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford is completed.* The Bank of England in London, designed by Sir John Soane, is completed....
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