Timeline of Architecture - 1910s

1910s

  • 1919 – Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany.
  • 1918 – Birth of Jørn Utzon, designer of the Sydney Opera House.
  • 1917 – Georges Biet's Art Nouveau house and apartment building in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle is severely damaged by combat shells, but will be rebuilt nearly exactly as before in 1922.
  • 1916 – De Stijl movement founded in the Netherlands.
  • 1915 – Le Corbusier completes studies for his Dom-ino Houses.
  • 1914 – Walter Gropius designs his Fagus Shoe Factory.
  • 1913 – Cass Gilbert completes the Woolworth Building in New York.
  • 1912 – Frank Lloyd Wright begins work on the Avery Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois.
  • 1911 – Josef Hoffmann completes the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.
  • 1910 – Gaudí finishes the Casa Milà in Barcelona.

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