1890 in architecture
The year 1890 in architecture involved some significant events.
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Buildings and structures
Buildings
- February 3 – Ypsilanti Water Tower, Ypsilanti, Michigan, designed by William R. Coats, is completed.[1]
- March 4 – The Forth Bridge across the Firth of Forth from South Queensferry to North Queensferry in Scotland, designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, is opened.[2]
- May 13 - Parish church of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London, designed by J. D. Sedding, is consecrated.[3]
- May 30 – The James A. Garfield Memorial at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by George W. Keller, is dedicated.[4]
- September 29 – St James's Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place, Westminster, designed by Edward Goldie, is opened.[5]
- The Arcade in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by John Eisenmann.[6]
- The Demarest Building, a commercial building on Fifth Avenue in New York City, designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Russell, is completed.[7]
- Edwin Lutyens' first commission, Crooksbury, a country house near Farnham, England, is completed.[8]
- The Second Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White, is completed on the site of the first Madison Square Garden.[9]
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Gibson.[10]
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Emmanuel Pontremoli.[11]
Births
- February 9 – J. J. P. Oud, Dutch architect (died 1963)[12]
- April 17 – Carl Krayl, German architect (died 1947)[13]
- March 20 – Owen Williams, English structural engineer (died 1969)[14]
- May 4 – Ingrid Wallberg, Swedish architect (died 1965)[15]
- July 31 – Louis de Soissons, Canadian-born English architect (died 1962)[16]
- November 23 – El Lissitzky, Russian architect and designer (died 1941)[17]
- Philip Hepworth, English architect (died 1963)[18]
Deaths
- October 20 – Alfred B. Mullett, American architect (born 1834)[19]
References
- "Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority". www.ycua.org. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Mitton, G. E. (1905). Black's Guide to Scotland. Рипол Классик. p. 79. ISBN 9785880702190.
- "Holy Trinity". www.buildingconservation.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- "Postcards of Cleveland". Cleveland State University Library. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Historic England. "Presbytery to the Roman Catholic Church of St James, Non Civil Parish (1430834)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Miller, Carol Poh; Wheeler, Robert Anthony (1997). Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796-1996. Indiana University Press. p. 96. ISBN 0253211476.
- Gray, Christopher. "Echoes of Carnegie Hall on Fifth Avenue". nytimes. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Historic England. "CROOKSBURY HOUSE, FIG TREE COURT AND WEST WING, Tilford (1294507)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- "Mad. Sq. History: Madison Square Garden". Madison Square Park. Madison Square Park Conservancy. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- "John Gibson". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Cassanelli, Roberto (2002). Ruins of Ancient Rome: The Drawings of French Architects who Won the Prix de Rome, 1786-1924. Getty Publications. p. 19. ISBN 9780892366804.
- "Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud (1890-1963)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Warnat, Grit. "Der Baukünstler von Magdeburg". m.volksstimme.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- "Williams, Sir (Evan) Owen (1890–1969), civil engineer and architect". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51931. Retrieved 8 August 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Brügge, Anne (2018-03-08). "Ingrid Wallberg". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- "Louis de Soissons". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- "Else Lissitzky". www.guggenheim.org. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- Miller, Mervyn (2015). English Garden Cities: An introduction. Historic England. p. 56. ISBN 9781848023208.
- "Albert B. Mullett". Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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