- 1907 in architecture
The year 1907 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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Casa Milà andCasa Batlló inBarcelona , designed byAntoni Gaudí are completed.
* TheMagasins Réunis , a large department store inNancy , is finished byLucien Weissenburger after seventeen years of work.
* TheVilla Fruhinsholz inNancy is designed byLéon Cayotte .
* North Hall, the fifth dormitory on the quad, is completed at Vassar College. The building is renamed Jewett Hall in 1912 in honor of the College's first president, Milo P. Jewett.Events
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Deutscher Werkbund founded byHermann Muthesius inMunich .Awards
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AIA Gold Medal -Aston Webb .
*Royal Gold Medal - John Belcher.
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: (unknown).Births
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June 17 -Charles Eames (died 1978)
*August 13 -Basil Spence (died 1976)
*December 15 -Oscar Niemeyer Deaths
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June 14 -William Le Baron Jenney (born 1832)
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