- 1899 in architecture
The year 1899 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
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Maison du Peuple inBrussels , designed byVictor Horta is completed (since destroyed).
*Park Row Building inNew York is completed and becomes the tallest building in the world. It holds this title until1908
* Old City Hall inToronto, Ontario , designed byE.J. Lennox is completed.
* TheSaitta House inDyker Heights ,Brooklyn ,New York , designed by John J. Petit, is completed. In 2007, the home was listed on both the State andNational Register of Historic Places. [ [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=102069 Saitta House ] ]Awards
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Royal Gold Medal -George Frederick Bodley .
*Grand Prix de Rome , architecture: Tony Garnier.Births
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August 18 -Pietro Belluschi (died 1994)
*Hassan Fathy (died 1989)Deaths
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June 8 -Gridley James Fox Bryant (born 1816)References
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