The year 1912 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- Electric Tower, in Buffalo, New York, designed by Esenwein & Johnson
- April 19 â Bridges in Constantine, Algeria:
- , designed by Ferdinand Arnodin.
- , designed by Paul Séjourné.
- April 25 â Rebuilt St Mark's Campanile in Venice inaugurated.
- May â Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts opens in Moscow, Russia.
- June â Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (opened by the Grand Trunk Railway as Ottawa's railway station)
- October 12 â Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight (England), designed by Dom Paul Bellot, consecrated.
- December 26 â Opening of:
- Manchester Opera House, in Manchester, England, as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Farquarson.
- St. James Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by Henry Eli White.
Buildings completed
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Mysore Palace, India, designed by Henry Irwin.
- El Centro Español de Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Mawson's Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Australian Antarctic Territory
- Ã
 aloun's Villa in Prague, designed by and for sculptor Ladislav Ã
 aloun.
- The Salutation, Sandwich, Kent, England, designed by Edwin Lutyens with garden by Gertrude Jekyll.
- Sons of Norway Hall, Petersburg, Alaska, USA.
- Glamorgan County Hall, Cardiff, Wales, designed by Vincent Harris and T. A. Moodie.
- Chengyang Bridge, China.
- Jackson Tower in Portland, Oregon
- The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts
- Sun Tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Ritz-Carlton Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Awards
Births
- January 9 â Ralph Tubbs, British architect associated with the Festival of Britain (died 1996)
- January 30 â Finn Juhl, Danish architect, interior and industrial designer (died 1989)
- February 21 â Henry Bernard, French architect, designer of the Palace of Europe (died 1994)
- March 12 â Gordon Tait, British architect (died 1999)
- June 11 â Rosemary Stjernstedt, British architect (died 1998)
- December 1 â Minoru Yamasaki, American World Trade Center architect (died 1986)
- December 15 â Ray Eames, American designer, 2nd wife of Charles Eames (died 1988)
Deaths
References