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Overview of the events of 1908 in architecture
The year 1908 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Casa de Nariño in
Bogotá, Colombia
Buildings completed
Gamble House
- The
Gamble House in
Pasadena,
California, designed by
Henry Mather Greene and
Charles Sumner Greene.
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British Medical Association Building, London, designed by
Charles Holden with sculptures by
Jacob Epstein, is completed.
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St. Andrew's United Church in Cairo, Egypt.
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St. Patrick's Church, Toronto, Canada, designed by
Arthur W. Holmes.
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Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk,
Ostend, Belgium, designed by
Louis Delacenserie.
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Unity Temple,
Oak Park, Illinois, United States, designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Old
Colony Club on Madison Avenue in New York City, designed by
Stanford White of
McKim, Mead & White.
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Awards
Max Bill
Births
Deaths
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January 2 –
Alexander Davidson, Scottish architect active in Australia, 68
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February 3 –
Ferdinand Meldahl, Danish architect best known for the reconstruction of Frederiksborg Palace, 80
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February 13 – Sir
James Knowles, English architect and editor, 76
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September 15 –
Friedrich Adler, German architect and archaeologist, 80
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November 26 –
William Swinden Barber, English architect, 76
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