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The year 1911 in architecture involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Buildings 2 Events 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Buildings

• May 23 – New York Public Library Main Branch, built by architects John Carrere and Thomas Hastings, is officially opened.
• Brasserie Excelsior and Angleterre Hotel in Nancy, designed by Lucien Weissenburger and Alexander Mienville, with ironwork and interiors by Louis Majorelle and stained glass by Jacques Gruber.
• Fagus Factory at Alfeld an der Leine, designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer.
• Frank Lloyd Wright builds his Taliesin house and studio in Spring Green, Wisconsin.

[edit] Events

• Competition to design Canberra is won by Walter Burley Griffin
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire led to improved safety standards in New York City buildings

[edit] Awards

• AIA Gold Medal - George Browne Post.
• Royal Gold Medal - Wilhelm Dorpfeld.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

[edit] Births

• July 16 - John Lautner (died 1994)

[edit] Deaths