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{{Year nav topic5|1912|architecture}}The year 1912 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events- Clough Williams-Ellis receives his first major architectural commission, for the remodelling of Llangoed Hall in Wales.
Buildings opened- April 19 – Bridges in Constantine, Algeria:
- Sidi M'Cid Bridge, designed by Ferdinand Arnodin.
- Sidi Rached Bridge, designed by Paul Séjourné.
- April 25 – Rebuilt St Mark's Campanile in Venice inaugurated.
- May – Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts opens in Moscow, Russia.
- June – Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (opened by the Grand Trunk Railway as Ottawa's railway station)[1]
- December 26 – Opening of:
- Manchester Opera House, in Manchester, England, as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Farquarson.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Mawson's Huts, Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, Australian Antarctic Territory[4]
- Šaloun's Villa in Prague, designed by and for sculptor Ladislav Šaloun.
- The Salutation, Sandwich, Kent, England, designed by Edwin Lutyens with garden by Gertrude Jekyll.
- Sons of Norway Hall, Petersburg, Alaska, USA.[5]
- 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- Olympic gold medal – Eugène Monod & Alphone Laverrière of Switzerland for Building plan of a modern stadium.
- Royal Gold Medal – Basil Champneys.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jacques Debat-Ponsan.
Births- January 9 – Ralph Tubbs, British architect associated with the Festival of Britain (died 1996)
- January 30 – Finn Juhl, Danish architect, interior and industrial designer (died 1989)
- February 21 – Henry Bernard, French architect, designer of the Palace of Europe (died 1994)
- March 12 – Gordon Tait, British architect (died 1999)
- June 11 – Rosemary Stjernstedt, British architect (died 1998)
- December 1 – Minoru Yamasaki, American World Trade Center architect (died 1986)
- December 15 – Ray Eames, American designer, 2nd wife of Charles Eames (died 1988)
Deaths- February 8 – Constant-Désiré Despradelle, French architect and professor of architecture (born 1862)
- June 1 – Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner (born 1846)
- June 27 – Frank Furness, Philadelphia-based American architect (born 1839)
- November 17 – Richard Norman Shaw, British architect (born 1831)
References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Kalman|first1=Harold |authorlink1=Harold Kalman|last2=Roaf|first2=John|authorlink2=John Roaf|title=Exploring Ottawa: An Architectural Guide to the Nation's Capital|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|year=1983}} 2. ^{{IoE|456959|Grade II|accessdate=1 August 2011}} 3. ^"Ybor City Historic District". {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612065319/http://www.tampagov.net/dept_Historic_Preservation/files/maps/yborhist_exp_12-10-01ri.pdf |date=2010-06-12 }} TampaGov. Retrieved May 6, 2010. 4. ^{{cite AHD|105713|Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic Site}} 5. ^{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
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