1916 in architecture
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The year 1916 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Colony ClubColony ClubThe Colony Club is a private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, and modeled on similar clubs for men, it was the first social club established in New York City by and for women, although today male members are admitted.- History...
in New York City by McKim, Mead & White, later the home of the American Academy of Dramatic ArtsAmerican Academy of Dramatic ArtsThe American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan, New York City – at 120 Madison Avenue, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club – and in Hollywood, California...
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Events
- The Incorporation of Architects in ScotlandRoyal Incorporation of Architects in ScotlandThe Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is the professional body for architects in Scotland. It was founded in 1916 by Robert Rowand Anderson who donated his Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh to be used as its home, where it remains to this day. It was given its first Royal charter in...
founded in Edinburgh. - Publication of the White Pine Series of Architectural MonographsWhite Pine Series of Architectural MonographsThe White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs, subtitled "A Bi-Monthly Publication Suggesting the Architectural Use of White Pine and Its Availability Today as a Structural Wood", was a landmark publication of drawings, photographs and descriptions of early American architecture...
was initiated, continuing until 19401940 in architectureThe year 1940 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*The Timişoara Orthodox Cathedral, in Timişoara, Romania, is completed.*The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida is built by Lawrence Murray Dixon....
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Awards
- Royal Gold MedalRoyal Gold MedalThe Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture....
- Robert Rowand AndersonRobert Rowand AndersonSir Robert Rowand Anderson RSA was a Scottish Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London before setting up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860. During the 1860s his main work was small churches in the 'First Pointed' style that is characteristic of...
. - Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
- April 26 - Jane JacobsJane JacobsJane Jacobs, was an American-Canadian writer and activist with primary interest in communities and urban planning and decay. She is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities , a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the United States...
(died 20062006 in architectureThe year 2006 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*January 16 - 10 Holloway Circus is completed in Birmingham, England, designed by Ian Simpson Architects....
) - November 1 - John C. HarknessJohn C. HarknessJohn Cheesman Harkness is an American architect who was a founder and partner of The Architects Collaborative in Cambridge, Massachusetts with Walter Gropius and six other architects...