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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/July_14/8aa0mIXE">July 14</a> – <a href="/facts/St_Mark%2527s_Campanile/FISDeU9I">St Mark's Campanile</a> in <a href="/facts/Venice/Xzc2uVDg">Venice</a> collapses. The only casualty is a cat.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/December_13/wHq3rj4U">December 13</a> – <a href="/facts/St._Joseph%2527s_Catholic_Church_(Krebs%2c_Oklahoma)/aujAjREQ">St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Krebs, Oklahoma, United States</a> is destroyed by fire.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li>Work begins on <a href="/facts/Trmal%2527s_Villa/197ICp08">Trmal's Villa</a> in <a href="/facts/Prague/txpRNTUE">Prague</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Jan_Kot%25C4%259Bra/Rp4dU2rk">Jan Kotěra</a>.</li> <li>Work begins on the <a href="/facts/Lalgarh_Palace/gDHUsvVv">Lalgarh Palace</a> complex, in Rajasthan, India, commissioned by the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">British</a>-controlled regency<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> for Maharaja Ganga Singh (1881–1942) while he is still in his minority as they consider the existing Junagarh Palace unsuitable for a modern monarch. Ganga Singh decides that the palace should be named in memory of his father Maharaja Lall Singh.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>The Villa Lejeune and the France-Lanord and Lombard Apartment Buildings in <a href="/facts/Nancy%2c_Meurthe-et-Moselle/hmP347Ke">Nancy</a> are designed by <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589mile_Andr%25C3%25A9/Ug1Lc5gT">Émile André</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1902</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_26/csvDW5GY">May 26</a> – <a href="/facts/No%25C5%25BCyk_Synagogue/FhyTEIRN">Nożyk Synagogue</a>, Warsaw, Poland.</li> <li><a href="/facts/September_15/UeGjN5mu">September 15</a> – <a href="/facts/West_Baden_Springs_Hotel/kB6xJhjs">West Baden Springs Hotel</a> in <a href="/facts/Indiana/VRnvjXoQ">Indiana</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Harrison_Albright/DdKuKgQh">Harrison Albright</a> featuring the world's largest free-spanning dome.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/October_15/aljFmUX6">October 15</a> – <a href="/facts/Balmoral_Hotel/SQ7qxjP2">Balmoral Hotel</a> in <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hungarian_Parliament_Building/PwlgqBzP">Hungarian Parliament Building</a> in <a href="/facts/Budapest/VdcUAkxm">Budapest</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Imre_Steindl/cVwGzHNA">Imre Steindl</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Flatiron_Building/FoN4LWGt">Flatiron Building</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Daniel_Burnham/U7PTyJxY">Daniel Burnham</a> and <a href="/facts/Frederick_Dinkelberg/MI5vCdQ5">Frederick Dinkelberg</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wiener_Stadtbahn/AG93RKpg">Wiener Stadtbahn</a> railway system in Vienna, with <a href="/facts/Art_Nouveau/e2Ahfp05">Art Nouveau</a> stations designed by Otto Wagner.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Deborah_Cook_Sayles_Public_Library/G0djsloP">Sayles Memorial Library</a>, <a href="/facts/Pawtucket%2c_Rhode_Island/XnnrCmf3">Pawtucket, Rhode Island</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Ralph_Adams_Cram/DePEjlFV">Ralph Adams Cram</a> with marble reliefs by <a href="/facts/Lee_Lawrie/FV8XtEGS">Lee Lawrie</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>Wallpaper factory for <a href="/facts/Arthur_Sanderson_%2526_Sons/tneRv0h6">Arthur Sanderson & Sons</a> in <a href="/facts/Chiswick/SSNLE8Fn">Chiswick</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/Charles_Voysey_(architect)/HHwG9UU3">Charles Voysey</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Cologne/U2qmyGga">Cologne</a> <i>Stadttheater</i>, designed by <a href="/facts/Carl_Moritz_(architect)/U6q6xEoJ">Carl Moritz</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Batumi_Cathedral_of_the_Mother_of_God/x3WDWp0u">Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God</a> (<a href="/facts/Georgian_Orthodox_Church/QtUYlyQ2">Georgian Orthodox Church</a>) is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/All_Saints%2527_Church%2c_Brockhampton/HhvKWwrF">All Saints' Church, Brockhampton</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Lethaby/9LJDR0LP">William Lethaby</a> and built by direct craftsman labour, is completed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>The Villa Jika in <a href="/facts/Nancy%2c_Meurthe-et-Moselle/hmP347Ke">Nancy</a> for <a href="/facts/Louis_Majorelle/SNfYlfll">Louis Majorelle</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Henri_Sauvage/y8djF0ms">Henri Sauvage</a> and <a href="/facts/Lucien_Weissenburger/4DD5qeNk">Lucien Weissenburger</a>, with stained glass by <a href="/facts/Jacques_Gr%25C3%25BCber/eYaJu1t5">Jacques Grüber</a> and ironwork and interior woodwork by Majorelle himself, is completed.</li> <li>The Biet Apartment Building in <a href="/facts/Nancy%2c_Meurthe-et-Moselle/hmP347Ke">Nancy</a>, designed by Georges Biet and <a href="/facts/Eug%25C3%25A8ne_Vallin/gdnhnsYh">Eugène Vallin</a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/House_with_Chimaeras/5C7HkS5A">House with Chimaeras</a> in <a href="/facts/Kyiv/uVAMxK8R">Kyiv</a>, Ukraine, designed by <a href="/facts/Vladislav_Gorodetsky/v16VdI9P">Vladislav Gorodetsky</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Santa_Justa_Lift/eEEHqxKb">Santa Justa Lift</a> in <a href="/facts/Lisbon/zFTcC99e">Lisbon</a>, Portugal, engineered by <a href="/facts/Raoul_Mesnier_du_Ponsard/1LNskJP9">Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard</a>, begins operation.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – <a href="/facts/Thomas_Edward_Collcutt/RF8gDjPq">Thomas Edward Collcutt</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: <a href="/facts/Henri_Prost/6Mpyg54h">Henri Prost</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_30/TznX28t8">January 30</a> – <a href="/facts/Nikolaus_Pevsner/lgISoPyl">Nikolaus Pevsner</a>, <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">German</a>-born architectural historian working in England (died <a href="/facts/1983_in_architecture/FGKQYRy8">1983</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_11/rUYRkVDa">February 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Arne_Jacobsen/XDYajHp4">Arne Jacobsen</a>, <a href="/facts/Danes/bUt1hyMQ">Danish</a> architect and designer (died <a href="/facts/1971_in_architecture/c7N2La6l">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/February_27/FlkwRkJG">February 27</a> – <a href="/facts/L%25C3%25BAcio_Costa/u71QktKy">Lúcio Costa</a>, <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazilian</a> architect and urban planner (died <a href="/facts/1998_in_architecture/LuFXKB4U">1998</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_9/t1F5wBxw">March 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Luis_Barrag%25C3%25A1n/PBfy6Muh">Luis Barragán</a>, <a href="/facts/Mexican_people/eM52PHM4">Mexican</a> architect (died <a href="/facts/1988_in_architecture/PKb7HheT">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edward_Durrell_Stone/J4IeqXMw">Edward Durrell Stone</a>, <a href="/facts/Americans/srd9GJ5U">American</a> architect (died <a href="/facts/1978_in_architecture/T37sHwGX">1978</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/May_21/7eCgCTWG">May 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Marcel_Breuer/qYoEy3ml">Marcel Breuer</a>, <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungarian</a>-born architect and designer working in the United States (died <a href="/facts/1981_in_architecture/UvnwwaUo">1981</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/July_22/ELjSgYau">July 22</a> – <a href="/facts/Basil_Ward/sogCue5U">Basil Ward</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a>-born architect working in England (died <a href="/facts/1976_in_architecture/IBxXKuF4">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_8/Sly6Gs5G">August 8</a> – <a href="/facts/Welton_Becket/62IBBW3l">Welton Becket</a>, American architect (died <a href="/facts/1969_in_architecture/nYLT0W37">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_11/wUfLGUtc">November 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Ern%25C5%2591_Goldfinger/uPKXeR86">Ernő Goldfinger</a>, Hungarian-born architect working in England (died <a href="/facts/1987_in_architecture/5Q8bPudU">1987</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/January_9/06hhKL3W">January 9</a> – <a href="/facts/Istv%25C3%25A1n_Kiss_(architect)/5zfqSuyU">István Kiss</a>, Hungarian architect of public buildings (born <a href="/facts/1857_in_architecture/q92wvqgs">1857</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_2/fwEowLwl">March 2</a> – <a href="/facts/John_Francis_Bentley/RjvxCKQG">John Francis Bentley</a>, English ecclesiastical architect (born <a href="/facts/1839_in_architecture/J0ojqclF">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/March_28/4dtge7PT">March 28</a> – <a href="/facts/Conrad_Wilhelm_Hase/BDj7DxET">Conrad Wilhelm Hase</a>, German architect and founder of the <a href="/facts/Hanover_school_of_architecture/TVqUG0pq">Hanover school of architecture</a> (born <a href="/facts/1818_in_architecture/oojlQBvp">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/April_11/BEmEY0CG">April 11</a> – <a href="/facts/Johan_Daniel_Herholdt/olxIfCUC">Johan Daniel Herholdt</a>, Danish architect, professor and royal building inspector (born <a href="/facts/1818_in_architecture/oojlQBvp">1818</a>)</li> <li>May – <a href="/facts/Tom_Dunn_(golf_course_architect)/VByzX8PY">Tom Dunn</a>, Scottish-born golf course architect (born <a href="/facts/1849_in_architecture/5HHhJodM">1849</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_1/lazqCtU0">June 1</a> – <a href="/facts/James_Brown_Lord/BTxUB3sq">James Brown Lord</a>, American Beaux-Arts architect (born <a href="/facts/1859_in_architecture/xHVqjBh4">1859</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_31/FrIIMNR2">August 31</a> – <a href="/facts/Imre_Steindl/cVwGzHNA">Imre Steindl</a>, Hungarian architect (born <a href="/facts/1839_in_architecture/J0ojqclF">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/December_3/Lb7CXlcl">December 3</a> – <a href="/facts/Robert_Lawson_(architect)/2DbHuMN9">Robert Lawson</a>, New Zealand architect (born <a href="/facts/1833_in_architecture/AIEze1KR">1833</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Alexandru_S%25C4%2583vulescu_(architect)/Vf5eNMfd">Alexandru Săvulescu</a>, <a href="/facts/Romania/yolzk5cN">Romanian</a> architect (born <a href="/facts/1847_in_architecture/UlIzSCbu">1847</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Produced, written and directed by David DeVries (2003-11-04). "Inviting Disaster 4". Modern Marvels. The History Channel. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Modern_Marvels_episodes" target="_blank">/wiki/List_of_Modern_Marvels_episodes</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"St. Joseph Catholic Church A Church and Parish Rich in History." Undated. Accessed May 4, 2016. <a href="http://www.stjoseph-krebs.org/history.html" target="_blank">http://www.stjoseph-krebs.org/history.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Patnaik, pages 27 and 58. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Crites, Mitchell Shelby; Nanji, Ameeta (2007). India Sublime – Princely Palace Hotels of Rajasthan. New York: Rizzoli. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-8478-2979-8. <a href="978-0-8478-2979-8" target="_blank">978-0-8478-2979-8</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Gatsos, Gregory S. (2007). History of the West Baden Springs Hotel. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Morrone, Francis (2010-06-12). "The Triangle in the Sky". The Wall Street Journal. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704312104575298571015121624" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704312104575298571015121624</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Morgan, William (2019-02-14). "5 gems of Rhode Island architecture". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2019-02-19. <a href="https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture" target="_blank">https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20190214/5-gems-of-rhode-island-architecture</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Voysey House, Hounslow". British Listed Buildings. 1973. Retrieved 2015-03-15. <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-202394-voysey-house-greater-london-authority" target="_blank">http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-202394-voysey-house-greater-london-authority</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). Herefordshire. The Buildings of England. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5. Perhaps the most thrilling church in any country of the years between historicism and the Modern Movement. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) <a href="978-0-300-09609-5" target="_blank">978-0-300-09609-5</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Malakov, Dmytro (1999). Arkhitektor Horodetskyi (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Kyi. ISBN 966-7161-30-7. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>