1891 in architecture
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The year 1891 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- Ludington Building - Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, earliest surviving steel-framed building in the city, and the earliest entirely terracotta-clad skyscraper (8 storeys).[1]
- Manhattan Building - Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, completed; world's earliest surviving steel-framed building to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.[2]
- Second Leiter Building - Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney.
- Monadnock Building - Chicago, tallest masonry load-bearing wall building when built.
- Wainwright Building - St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.
- University of Pennsylvania Library - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Furness.
- Several buildings constructed for the General Land Centennial Exhibition world fair - Prague, including the Art Nouveau Průmyslový Palace.
- Victoria Hall - Geneva, a concert hall designed by Marc Camoletti.
[edit] Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Arthur Blomfield.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Births
- January 2 Giovanni Michelucci (d 1990)
[edit] Deaths
- January 11 - Baron Haussmann (born 1809)
- January 15 - John Wellborn Root (born 1850)
- May 7 - John Hayward (born 1807)
[edit] References
- ^ "Ludington Building, 1104 Wabash Campus 1104 S. Wabash Ave.". Columbia College Chicago. 2006. http://www.lib.colum.edu/archives/college/buildings/1104wabash.htm. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ Manhattan Building, Chicago. Emporis Buildings (URL accessed 9 July 2006).Manhattan Building, 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL. American Memory from the Library of Congress (URL accessed 9 July 2006).
