1919 in architecture
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The year 1919 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- Grosses Schauspielhaus by Hans Poelzig opened in Berlin
- McMahon Building, better known as the World's littlest skyscraper, by J.D. McMahon opened in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas
- Julia Morgan selected as the architect for William Randolph Hearst's La Cuesta Encantada, better known as Hearst Castle, in San Simeon, California
[edit] Events
- Bauhaus founded in Weimar by Walter Gropius.
- Start of the Glass Chain correspondence.
[edit] Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Leonard Stokes.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Births
- 21 June - Paolo Soleri
- Giancarlo De Carlo (died 2005)
- Mualla Eyüboğlu (died 2009)