1900 in architecture

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The year 1900 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

Musée d'Orsay

OXO Tower

• July 19 - The Paris Métro opens, with entrances designed by Hector Guimard in 1899.
• Antoni Gaudí begins work on the Parc Güell, which he works on for the next fourteen years.
• The Gare d'Orsay, now the famous Musée d'Orsay, is built in Paris by Victor Laloux.
• The Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower at the University of Birmingham, England, is completed.
• The OXO Tower in London, England, is completed.
• The Royer Printing House, designed by Lucien Weissenburger, is completed.
• Dohodno Zdanie, Rousse, Bulgaria

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

• February 6 - Paul László (died 1993)
• April 5 - Herbert Bayer (died 1985)
• November 3 - Guillermo Gonzalez Sanchez (died 1970)

Deaths

• April 16 - Dankmar Adler (born 1844)
• Charles Barry (junior) (born 1823)