1897 in architecture

1897 in architecture
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List of years in architecture (Table)
… 1887 • 1888 • 1889 • 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 – 1897 – 1898 • 1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 …
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… 1894 • 1895 • 1896 – 1897 – 1898 • 1899 • 1900 … … 1860s • 1870s • 1880s – 1890s – 1900s • 1910s • 1920s … … 18th century – 19th century – 20th century …
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The year 1897 in architecture involved some significant events.

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1 Buildings
2 Events
3 Awards
4 Births
5 Deaths

Buildings

Glasgow School of Art, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is begun.
The Flatiron Building of Atlanta, Georgia, United States is completed 5 years before New York's more famous structure.
Battenberg Mausoleum, Sofia is completed.
On May 1, the Tennessee Centennial Exposition opened in Nashville, with a temporary pyramid for Memphis, TN and a copy of the Parthenon, which was later rebuilt of permanent materials in the 1920s.
The Teatro Massimo was built in Palermo, the largest Opera Theatre in Italy, the 3° in Europe

Events

Vienna Secession group founded by Otto Wagner, Joseph Maria Olbrich and Josef Hoffmann among others.

Awards

Royal Gold Medal - Pierre Cuypers.
Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

January 23 - Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (died 2000)
April 18 - Charles N. Agree (died 1982)

Deaths

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