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Overview of the events of 1911 in architecture
The year 1911 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
Fagus Factory at Alfeld , Germany
New City Hall (Prague) , Czech Republic
Buildings completed
Brasserie Excelsior and Angleterre Hotel in Nancy, France , designed by Lucien Weissenburger and Alexander Mienville , with ironwork and interiors by Louis Majorelle and stained glass by Jacques Gruber .[citation needed ]
Fagus Factory at Alfeld , an der Leine, designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer .
Frank Lloyd Wright builds his Taliesin house and studio in Spring Green, Wisconsin .
Horwood House in Buckinghamshire , England, designed by Detmar Blow , is completed.
King Edward Building for the General Post Office (United Kingdom) in the City of London , designed by Henry Tanner, an early use of Hennebique reinforced concrete .[1]
Royal Liver Building , Liverpool , England, designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas .
Eagle Insurance Building , Manchester , England, designed by Charles Heathcote .
New City Hall (Prague) , designed by Osvald Polívka .
Church of St Cuthbert Mayne, Launceston, Cornwall , designed by Arthur Langdon.
Berlin-Pankow station , designed by Karl Cornelius and Ernst Schwartz.
Monroe Street Bridge in Spokane, Washington .
Awards
Births
Adolf Eichler
Deaths
References
^ Osley, Julian (2010). Built for Service: Post Office Architecture . London: British Postal Museum & Archive. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-9553569-3-3 .
^ Flower, Sile; Macfarlane, Jean; Plant, Ruth (1986). Jane B. Drew, architect: A tribute from her colleagues and friends for her 75th birthday 24 March 1986 . Bristol Centre for the Advancement of Architecture. ISBN 0-9510759-0-X .