1902 in architecture

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The year 1902 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events edit

Ruins of the campanile in St Mark's Square

July 14 – St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapses. The only casualty is a cat.^[1]
December 13 – St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Krebs, Oklahoma, United States is destroyed by fire.^[2]
date unknown
- Work begins on Trmal's Villa in Prague, designed by Jan Kotěra.
- Work begins on the Lalgarh Palace complex, in Rajasthan, India, commissioned by the British-controlled regency^[3] for Maharaja Ganga Singh (1881–1942) while he is still in his minority as they consider the existing Junagarh Palace unsuitable for a modern monarch. Ganga Singh decides that the palace should be named in memory of his father Maharaja Lall Singh.^[4]
- The Villa Lejeune and the France-Lanord and Lombard Apartment Buildings in Nancy are designed by Émile André.

May 26 – Nożyk Synagogue, Warsaw, Poland.
September 15 – West Baden Springs Hotel in Indiana, designed by Harrison Albright featuring the world's largest free-spanning dome.^[5]
October 15 – Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland.

January 30 – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born architectural historian working in England (died 1983)
February 11 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (died 1971)
February 27 – Lúcio Costa, Brazilian architect and urban planner (died 1998)
March 9
- Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (died 1988)
- Edward Durrell Stone, American architect (died 1978)
May 21 – Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-born architect and designer working in the United States (died 1981)
July 22 – Basil Ward, New Zealand-born architect working in England (died 1976)
August 8 – Welton Becket, American architect (died 1969)
November 11 – Ernő Goldfinger, Hungarian-born architect working in England (died 1987)

January 9 – István Kiss, Hungarian architect of public buildings (born 1857)
March 2 – John Francis Bentley, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1839)
March 28 – Conrad Wilhelm Hase, German architect and founder of the Hanover school of architecture (born 1818)
April 11 – Johan Daniel Herholdt, Danish architect, professor and royal building inspector (born 1818)
May – Tom Dunn, Scottish-born golf course architect (born 1849)
June 1 – James Brown Lord, American Beaux-Arts architect (born 1859)
August 31 – Imre Steindl, Hungarian architect (born 1839)
December 3 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (born 1833)
date unknown – Alexandru Săvulescu, Romanian architect (born 1847)

^ Produced, written and directed by David DeVries (2003-11-04). "Inviting Disaster 4". Modern Marvels. The History Channel.
^ "St. Joseph Catholic Church A Church and Parish Rich in History." Undated. Accessed May 4, 2016.
^ Patnaik, pages 27 and 58.
^ Crites, Mitchell Shelby; Nanji, Ameeta (2007). India Sublime – Princely Palace Hotels of Rajasthan. New York: Rizzoli. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-8478-2979-8.
^ Gatsos, Gregory S. (2007). History of the West Baden Springs Hotel.
^ Morrone, Francis (2010-06-12). "The Triangle in the Sky". The Wall Street Journal.
^ Morgan, William (2019-02-14). "5 gems of Rhode Island architecture". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
^ "Voysey House, Hounslow". British Listed Buildings. 1973. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). Herefordshire. The Buildings of England. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5. Perhaps the most thrilling church in any country of the years between historicism and the Modern Movement.
^ Malakov, Dmytro (1999). Arkhitektor Horodetskyi (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Kyi. ISBN 966-7161-30-7.