1906 in architecture
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The year 1906 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is completed.
- Construction begins on the current Great Mosque of Djenné.
- Lucien Weissenburger finishes the Weissenburger House for himself at 1, boulevard Charles V in Nancy
- Ivan Vazov National Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria
- McKim, Mead, and White architects start to build Waiting room, Pennsylvania Station (New York City).
[edit] Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Births
- June 2 - Carlo Scarpa (died 1978)
- July 8 - Philip Johnson (died 2005)
[edit] Deaths
- June 25 - Stanford White (born 1853)
