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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.
Buildings and structures [ edit ]
Buildings opened [ edit ]
Fagus Factory at Alfeld , Germany
New City Hall (Prague) , Czech Republic
Geschäftshaus Junkernstraße by Hans Poelzig , Breslau/Wroclaw , 1911
Buildings completed [ edit ]
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 Grüber .[citation needed ]
Fagus Factory at Alfeld , an der Leine, designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer .
American Bank Note Company Printing Plant in New York City, designed by Kirby, Petit & Green .
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 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 .
Adolf Eichler
References [ edit ]
^ 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 .