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Overview of the events of 1913 in architecture
The year 1913 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- February 1 – Grand Central Terminal, rebuilt, re-opens in New York City, United States.
- April 24 – The Woolworth Building opens in New York City, United States, designed by Cass Gilbert; the tallest building in the world at this date (1913 until 1930).[1]
- July 20 – New Town Hall (Hanover), designed by Hermann Eggert and Gustav Halmhuber, opened.
- May 31 – Carol I Mosque in Constanța, Romania, designed by George Constantinescu, is inaugurated.
- October 18 – Monument to the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig, designed by Bruno Schmitz, is inaugurated.
- Sinaia railway station in Sinaia, Romania.
- City Federal Building in Birmingham, Alabama, the tallest building in Alabama until 1969.
- Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta completed.
- Union Buildings, Pretoria, Union of South Africa, by Herbert Baker, completed.
- Church of the Holy Spirit, Vienna, by Jože Plečnik, completed.
- Kelling Hall, Norfolk, England, designed by Edward Maufe, completed.
- Scheu House and Horner House, Vienna, both designed by Adolf Loos, completed.
- Interiors of Café Capua, Herrenmodesalon Kniže and Bridge-Club-Wien, Vienna, all designed by Adolf Loos, completed.
- "Bridge of Sighs", Hertford College, Oxford, England, by Thomas G. Jackson, built.
- Halenbrücke concrete open-spandrel arch bridge over Aare between Bern and Kirchlindach in Switzerland.
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